sure, but that’s not what this is doing. it doesn’t say they’ll be held accountable. it just places a high barrier to entry.
i understand the sentiment behind it, but I don’t think this will be effective at curtailing disinformation. it would, however, be a very useful tool for controlling online speech. especially with a government that has so much control over its universities.
Yeah, I think if it’s more about policing the misinformation influencers spread, then I can calm down a bit, although it still makes me nervous to think about the government picking and choosing what a person with a crowd can say.
For now, it’s making sure influencers don’t spread anti-vax bullshit, but what if tomorrow it’s no talking about Palestine?
Even then, medical professionals themselves can fall to propaganda and spread lies, so we can’t use a single person as an arbiter of truth.
Yeah I gotta agree with you on this, there’s a frankly insane amount of pull these people have in society and as we saw during the pandemic not only did it cause people to endanger their own health, but those of others around them.
There’s a lot of nuance to be discussed and Republicans shouldn’t be in the room at all when it is, but yeah this is objectively true. We used to have laws regulating the news for a reason.
When an influencer is literally anyone online, then yes: anyone.
Nothing else you wrote matters, because anyone can be an influencer.
People should be held accountable for their lapses in judgement to believe whatever: they aren’t mindless automatons.
We can’t depend on anyone (certainly not big daddy government) but ourselves to think critically for us.
Not butthurt at all. I just accepted that I’m not discussing with someone capable of reading a comment beyond the first sentence of it. It’s fine tho, I’m not gonna explain it again just because you refuse to read the first comment.
I think the main focus here should be the word “influencers”.
One thing is for a relatively unknown person to speak about any kind of topic even if they know nothing about it.
But when someone with millions of followers spreads misinfo, that is dangerous as it can end up killing lots of people.
People with a certain amount of followers should be held accountable for what they say the same way that a newspaper should.
Yup, as someone who loosely follows streamer drama, this is kinda based.
Imagine the h3h3/Hasan drama if this was a thing
sure, but that’s not what this is doing. it doesn’t say they’ll be held accountable. it just places a high barrier to entry.
i understand the sentiment behind it, but I don’t think this will be effective at curtailing disinformation. it would, however, be a very useful tool for controlling online speech. especially with a government that has so much control over its universities.
If we held news accountable for misinformation then fox and all the other fascist networks wouldn’t even exist.
It just becomes a question who decides what is and isn’t mis/disinformation. Imagine the trump regime doing this.
That sounds desirable.
I don’t see the problem with that.
Yeah, I think if it’s more about policing the misinformation influencers spread, then I can calm down a bit, although it still makes me nervous to think about the government picking and choosing what a person with a crowd can say.
For now, it’s making sure influencers don’t spread anti-vax bullshit, but what if tomorrow it’s no talking about Palestine?
Even then, medical professionals themselves can fall to propaganda and spread lies, so we can’t use a single person as an arbiter of truth.
Yeah I gotta agree with you on this, there’s a frankly insane amount of pull these people have in society and as we saw during the pandemic not only did it cause people to endanger their own health, but those of others around them.
There’s a lot of nuance to be discussed and Republicans shouldn’t be in the room at all when it is, but yeah this is objectively true. We used to have laws regulating the news for a reason.
So, anyone: got it.
Is that what your attention span lasts? Or are you leaving the rest of the comment out on purpose for some reason?
When an influencer is literally anyone online, then yes: anyone. Nothing else you wrote matters, because anyone can be an influencer.
People should be held accountable for their lapses in judgement to believe whatever: they aren’t mindless automatons. We can’t depend on anyone (certainly not big daddy government) but ourselves to think critically for us.
So you didn’t read past the first sentence, got it.
Nah, your point is worthless. Here’s a nice picture.
Ah… I see… My bad, I understood it too late that I wasn’t talking with someone able to fully read a comment before making a “sharp” remark about it.
Get butthurt all you want about others not caring about & disagreeing with your point.
Someone’s lack of sense to question unreliable information is entirely their fault. That’s no justification to violate a fundamental right.
Not butthurt at all. I just accepted that I’m not discussing with someone capable of reading a comment beyond the first sentence of it. It’s fine tho, I’m not gonna explain it again just because you refuse to read the first comment.