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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 3 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.424s | source
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rlyshw ◴[27 May 20 13:27 UTC] No.23322810[source]▶
Honestly just more proof that we need decentralization of the Internet. Handing over control of our digital platforms and identities to 3rd party for-profit companies is not the way the internet should work.
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bt1a ◴[27 May 20 13:33 UTC] No.23322901[source]▶
Aye but with no one in charge, how can the masses protect themselves against ever-increasing disinformation campaigns?
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1. ccsnags ◴[27 May 20 13:53 UTC] No.23323220[source]▶
If there is control over information, how do the masses protect themselves against disinformation campaigns coming from official sources?

Conspiracy theories and baseless nonsense is the price you pay to be able to criticize those in power. It is a price worth paying.

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2. AgentME ◴[27 May 20 20:11 UTC] No.23329292[source]▶
Independent fact checkers not associated with government authorities (like what Twitter is doing in this case) seems like one solution.

I'm really bugged by the leap of logic that fact checkers will supposedly always parrot the government line, when even this specific thread itself is about a fact checker existing that's going against the president's line.

3. ◴[27 May 20 21:30 UTC] No.23330286[source]▶