Whether Russia tipped the election or not, it's interesting to realize social media offers a way to influence other countries' elections.
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platform filters are not the answer. Educating people to be able to think critically and determine what is legitimate is.
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improving education is absolutely necessary, but it takes generations. See the KKK, white nationalism, etc.
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I'm just concerned censoring out what a subgroup thinks is "fake news" will just exacerbate the problem.
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for real, *this* is what happens when we straight up teach the wrong stuff in schools and...
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education isn't a topic in political campaigns during election years. Education should *always* be a major point.
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We're all generally "laissez faire" about education rather than aggressively wanting to improve it and this is what happens.
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We'll all look back on grade/high-school education of today and think "Wow, who came up with this shit?"
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Let's call it what it is: propaganda.
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@kimmaicutler globally & historically, eliminating false news a common rationale for censorship & repression https://www.article19.org/pages/en/false-news.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Let's 1st define
#fakenews
To big #media: Alt News
Politicians/elites: every article that opposes them
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yeah. I hope they eliminate NYT and all of MSM for the Iraq war lies. Oh wait, they don't count somehow...
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Eliminating
#freespeech is a matter of national security? "Fake news" always&everywhere = opinionated subjective description.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I'd go even further and say good information management is essential to the advancement and possibly survival of civilization.
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Agreed. This topic is covered here in an interesting way:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/waking-up-with-sam-harris/id733163012?mt=2&i=359043206 …
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@paulg@kimmaicutler I'm quite sure a Trump Administration would love to crack down on all the news it considers to be "fake" /1 -
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role in losing to Trump via among other thinga turning mainstream media into PR organs. /3
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@paulg@kimmaicutler I'm afraid this campaign vs "fake news" by supposed liberals is going to backfire terribly /4
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"There is no longer a consensus on what a fact is." - John Oliverhttps://youtu.be/-rSDUsMwakI?t=691 …
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