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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 1 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | source
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tuna-piano ◴[27 May 20 13:39 UTC] No.23322986[source]▶
There's an unsolved conundrum I haven't heard mentioned yet.

After the 2016 election, there was a thought that too much false information is spreading on social media. This happens in every country and across every form of communication - but social media platforms seem particularly worrysome (and is particularly bad with Whatsapp forwards in some Asian countries).

So what should the social media companies do? Censor people? Disallow certain messages (like they do with terrorism related posts)?

They settled on just putting in fact check links with certain posts. Trust in the fact deciding institution will of course be difficult to settle. No one wants a ministry of truth (or the private alternative).

So the question remains - do you, or how do you lessen the spread of misinformation?

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dvtrn ◴[27 May 20 13:40 UTC] No.23323009[source]▶
Media literacy and criticism classes in middle school?
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gonzo41[dead post] ◴[27 May 20 13:44 UTC] No.23323066[source]▶
This worked in the scandi countries but i feel like in the places where Fox news exists it'll be hard to get on the curriculum.
dvtrn ◴[27 May 20 13:47 UTC] No.23323102[source]▶
That strikes me as all the more reason to shoot for it.
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thebouv ◴[27 May 20 13:53 UTC] No.23323219[source]▶
You're expecting a lot out of a country still trying to get Creationism taught in schools as an alternative scientific theory.
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1. dvtrn ◴[27 May 20 13:54 UTC] No.23323240[source]▶
Yes I am. Having high expectations fits within my personal framework of citizenry. It’s fine if yours doesn’t, plurality is perfectly fine.

The poster asked what could be done. I’m at least trying to answer the question.

Do you have solutions? Share them! Let’s discuss.