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Eattherightwing144 karma

Nina, I suspect that disinformation campaigns work because people are overloaded with information, and disinformation campaigns simplify complex issues, thereby getting more airtime.

Now if you come along and say "I've got a 300 page document that outlines a strategy for investigating misleading information," will you not just get drowned out in the clammering voices?

I guess my question is, how do we simplify this? How do you encourage people to "stay with you" as you carefully spell things out? The attention span out there is zero right now!

Eattherightwing26 karma

Thanks for the response! Public broadcasting is indeed a good thing. The corporate versions of mainstream media can be bought and sold, and therefore manipulated. If people don't want fake news, they need public journalism. I think it's the only way some people can trust media at this point.

What about public social media? I suppose the cbc has a great presence in my country(Canada), but forums and other social media platforms are all corporate. Maybe it's time for NPR, CBC, BBC, etc to create the new Twitter, Facebook, or Reddit. Trust is becoming the biggest factor in this stuff..

Anyway, thanks for taking the time!

Eattherightwing6 karma

They make terms impossibly long, it would be better to create an app that knows our personal privacy preferences, and can check any terms of service for violations.

Eattherightwing4 karma

I imagine that means a healthy dose of skepticism for what you just posted as well? For example, there are several sources of news that have more integrity, such as the BBC, Reuters, AP, etc, and I'm surprised you didn't mention them. If you want to tell people how to fight misinformation, you need to give them decent options, not just criticism of the bad stuff.

Universities and peer reviewed academic journals are also a more trustworthy source of information. Not all information is biased and manipulative.

Eattherightwing4 karma

Again, this should be automated. There should be security bots online, or apps that you cam download that detect AI voices and say "this message may contain AI generated voices."

I don't care about the courts, they have big money and security. I am a little guy with no time in my week.