It is odd to see journalists freak out about this. Think about the implications of if they *did* delete it. Would you want this company being the arbiter of truth of billions of video views a day? https://twitter.com/drewharwell/status/1132018613790154752 …
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Ironically it feels as though journalists are the ones who should be arbiters of truth. We still need trusted middleware to sort the junk from the reality, because it’s actually hard work to do so.
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Well they do have a specific kind of methodology that can work really well for specific instances. Lots of fields are arbiters of truth in different ways — scientists use the scientific method. Historians, judges in the court system, etc.
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Isn’t it more of a problem with humanity. The same thing is happening on all social networks. Just seems like more viral fakes will spread faster than reality.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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