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Re:X scraps tool to report electoral fake news by bdcravens on Thursday September 28, 2023 @09:26AM (#37689296)
I tend to agree with your first point, and feel that for user-driven content, allowing users to submit context to be displayed below the source is a good middle-ground.

As for the second point, I think that most critical thinkers understand that the laptop changed hands several times, undermining the "news" of the matter.

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Re:X scraps tool to report electoral fake news by Georgelemental on Thursday September 28, 2023 @09:34AM (#37689388)
As far as I am aware, the laptop's original owner has not denied that the content that's been made public is genuine. If the info had been tampered with, I think Hunter Biden would have said so.
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Re:X scraps tool to report electoral fake news by bdcravens on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:54AM (#37690421)
He actually recently filed a lawsuit claiming that Giuliani et al altered data.

https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-laptop-lawsuit-94fbf...

"The suit filed in California also claims Biden’s data was “manipulated, altered and damaged” before it was sent to Giuliani and Costello, and has been further altered since then."

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