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Re:Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinforma... by treis on Monday October 31, 2022 @03:20PM (#33411278)
The problem is that platforms aren't liable for the damage they cause. If the NYTimes makes up some nonsense that gets people hurt then they are liable. If some jabroni on Facebook does then there's no liability attached to Facebook. Which was probably fine for the BBS/message board days. Probably not so much when Facebook takes an active role in amplifying some messages over others.
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Re:Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinforma... by megaman821 on Monday October 31, 2022 @03:39PM (#33411631)
If we are going by total harm, mass media is ahead by a mile. How many people died because of false claims of weapons of mass destruction not properly vetted by mainstream media? Over half-a-million. What's the most deadly situation social media caused?
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Re:Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinforma... by marmadukester39 on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:04PM (#33413099)
We could start with the ethnic cleansing: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-frances-haugen-whist...
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Re:Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinforma... by megaman821 on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:14PM (#33413282)
Ok, Google says 2,000 protesters have been killed in Myanmar, just 498,000 more until we reach mass media levels of death.

Lies by governments amplified by mass media are always going to be way more damaging than lies by crackpots on social media.

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Re:Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinforma... by iaml on Monday October 31, 2022 @04:25PM (#33412463)
You can just generate a bunch of legit looking news sites and spam it on facebook/whatever. Most people won’t check and it’s not viable for facebook to track every fake news site.
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