What you've just done is taken an editorial decision from NYT and handed it to editors at a tech co, who're vetoing NYT's editorial decision
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Replying to @pwnallthethings
No, what you've done is fixed a flaw in social media that boosts the flow of misinformation.
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Replying to @RichFelker @pwnallthethings
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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Replying to @RichFelker @pwnallthethings
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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Replying to @pwnallthethings
(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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Two tweets in and we're already in hot water. Here's an example. Decouple it from climate change. Let's say e.g. the Trump-Russia affair
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That brings up a great (5): Distinguish unverified from proven-false, same way Snopes does.
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