This is a popular misconception on the right. Regulation with democratic controls is better than letting privately held propaganda machines drive the public into fascism.
While no platform can deliver The Truth, it is the role of journalists to deliver context and accurate data. And social media helps deliver both well researched content and pure drivel. We need regulation and democratic controls of regulation.
Fox News argued that it’s their constitutional right to spread malicious lies and half truths. And the courts sided with them. Even when those lies killed countless numbers of people. In canada Pollievre wants the same thing: media that is run by the “free market” (meaning all propaganda). I think politicians will have to choose between what donors want and what services the public good. And being politicians you know how they’ll vote.
I say kill every news agency or make it’s they can only say facts and not opinion pieces. No interpreting the facts, just reporting actual facts without the added opinion. And if you’re caught lying or trying to mislead, actual jail time for the person saying it. It shouldn’t be a right to lie to the public for money. Should be totally illegal to lie on air.
There are so many ways to mislead, sometimes not even intentionally or maliciously. Like, is the passive voice going to have to go? There’s a difference between like “Man killed after interaction with police” and “police fatally shoot man”
I’m inclined to agree with your intent, I think, but I don’t know how to implement it
Yeah i imagine there isn’t really a solution to the problem aside from educating people well enough that they can see through the bs on their own. But we know that will never happen
Democratic values work really well. Things like public education, transparency laws, public discourse, and campaign finance reform all have been good for society. And it’s why the conservatives (and to some extent the Liberals) oppose them. Stronger democratic controls on social media would be a big step away from fascism.
Ban all social media honestly. There isn’t really even one platform that isn’t used to manipulate us in some way.
This is a popular misconception on the right. Regulation with democratic controls is better than letting privately held propaganda machines drive the public into fascism.
While no platform can deliver The Truth, it is the role of journalists to deliver context and accurate data. And social media helps deliver both well researched content and pure drivel. We need regulation and democratic controls of regulation.
Fox News argued that it’s their constitutional right to spread malicious lies and half truths. And the courts sided with them. Even when those lies killed countless numbers of people. In canada Pollievre wants the same thing: media that is run by the “free market” (meaning all propaganda). I think politicians will have to choose between what donors want and what services the public good. And being politicians you know how they’ll vote.
I say kill every news agency or make it’s they can only say facts and not opinion pieces. No interpreting the facts, just reporting actual facts without the added opinion. And if you’re caught lying or trying to mislead, actual jail time for the person saying it. It shouldn’t be a right to lie to the public for money. Should be totally illegal to lie on air.
That sounds really tricky to implement.
There are so many ways to mislead, sometimes not even intentionally or maliciously. Like, is the passive voice going to have to go? There’s a difference between like “Man killed after interaction with police” and “police fatally shoot man”
I’m inclined to agree with your intent, I think, but I don’t know how to implement it
Yeah i imagine there isn’t really a solution to the problem aside from educating people well enough that they can see through the bs on their own. But we know that will never happen
Democratic values work really well. Things like public education, transparency laws, public discourse, and campaign finance reform all have been good for society. And it’s why the conservatives (and to some extent the Liberals) oppose them. Stronger democratic controls on social media would be a big step away from fascism.