No, what you've done is fixed a flaw in social media that boosts the flow of misinformation.
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Prior to social media, a few placed misinformation pieces even in NYT would have fairly small impact...
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...because there was no organized way to pass them around to exactly the audiences who would believe and be influenced by them.
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Having SM treat misinformation pieces as "fake news" and deboost/hide/cleverly manage feeds of ppl who share them does not unpublish them.
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What it aims to do is nullify the social media advantage that would otherwise be enjoyed by such misinformation.
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What it looks like to me is a plan to give socmed companies enormous say over what articles their users should read without an attempt ...
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(1) Make it transparent what's being treated as fake news. Publish a list of long-term and current-trending topics.
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(2) Be intentionally broad. Don't call a climate article fake for one misinterpreted fact. Call if fake if overall message is denialism.
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This eliminates perception that a nitpicking-type distinction was made for a non-transparent reason. Be transparent about big pro-truth bias
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(3) Don't fall into bothsidesism. Something like 75-80% of fake news is right-wing, 20% or less left-leaning. So...
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...don't make up some stupid 50-50 quota trying to catch the same amount of fake news on "both sides".
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(4) Get real experts who are trusted for debunking fake shit. Partner with Snopes or something. Don't use random in-house tech bros.
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