as fact-checkers — showing that using the wisdom of the crowd could work.
how would "validity" be checked? will it be up to the users?
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mitsloan.mit.edu mitsloan.mit.edu
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exploring the promise and peril of social media and how to protect society and
a lot of social media information involves political views, whether bias or not. this can influence someones political view in a negative way.
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people who engage in more analytical thinking are more likely to discern true from false, regardless of their political views.
the easier something is to read, the easier it is to believe.
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They found falsehoods are 70% more likely to be retweeted on Twitter than the truth, and reach their first 1,500 people six times faster.
people are more likely to believe false news because it contains shocking things or drama.
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www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com
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information in social diffusion chains is most susceptible to distortion by individuals with the most extreme biases.
kind of like the game telephone where each person creates their own version based on what they heard and believe they heard.
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The result is that people become segregated into large, dense and increasingly misinformed communities commonly described as echo chambers.dfp.loadAds("right2","MPU5","dfp-right2-article-4")
key phrase
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Making matters worse, search engines and social media platforms provide personalized recommendations based on the vast amounts of data they have about users' past preferences.
social media definitely has access to our recent web searches, even what is said because i will say something and an ad for that thing will appear on instagram.
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Virality resulted purely from the statistical consequences of information proliferation in a social network of agents with limited attention.
so the probability of something being shared is less due to limited attention?
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COVID is a hoax.
this was an ongoing topic since the pandemic has started. i believe the ones who believe it is a hoax are reading the wrong information and choosing to believe it. But whose fault is that?
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Unable to read all the articles he sees on it
main idea- articles are mostly misinformation/unreliable
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as long as it was done in good faith.
what defines good faith?
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“no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”
this connects back to the idea of credible sources. these platforms are not reliable sources although it might come from one, it can be twisted to create its own unreliable version.
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Leaving it up to companies to monitor and restrain themselves can sometimes devolve into a self-regulatory or regulatory “charade.” But that doesn’t need to be the case.
to avoid being a charade, platforms should not only have written regulations but proof that it is being fulfilled.
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advertisements.
i believe the main reason for all the fake news is the advertisement money these social media pages thrive on so they dont care about the consequences it leads to.
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Nevertheless, prompted by false accusations of rigged elections and other fake news, the leading digital platforms in social media recently began tagging some posts as unreliable or untrue and removing some videos.
central idea, fake news leads to removal
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www.theregreview.org www.theregreview.org
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s anticipating what might be done through legislation, and whether new state laws that do treat platforms as common carriers
they are considered common carriers but to what extent. it should be regulated while still abiding by the first amendment.
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digital platforms could not be treated in a similar fashion.
information could be misleading
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being banned on social media.
i think not only political candidates but also other important people from the government and celebrities as long as they post appropriate content.
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www.newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com
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algorithm was automatically cropping photos of people in a racially biased way, and that it was amplifying right-wing politicians and media outlets more than left-wing ones.
why is it so right winged?
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First Amendment
why are negative things on the internet defended by this amendment? i feel like freedom of speech can only go so far.
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“a disproportionate effect on women, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities
a lot of images posted are threatening to women so it is important to regulate it so that women aren't targeted or feel unsafe. the same goes for any racist or homophobic photos.
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tracking far-right extremists were immediately suspended.
an example of the government regulating the internet.
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Doxxing, the practice of revealing personal information – such as address, phone number or bank details – about a targeted individual was already banned, as were abusive messages and threats. Now the unauthorised posting of people’s photographs, with or without abuse, can lead to a user’s account being suspended and the material removed.
this is important because there are a lot of fake accounts being made for example on instagram. However it only gets removed after being reported several times. its important to get rid of personal information especially photographs.
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techcrunch.com techcrunch.com
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While the FCC and FTC do provide important guardrails for the social media industry, it would not be accurate to say they are its regulators.
although these organizations are important, there are more that probably have more authority for what goes on the internet.
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should Facebook misrepresent how it shares user data, or Nabisco overstates the amount of real cheese in its crackers.
false ad
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as long as those companies make a “good faith” effort to remove it in accordance with the law.
nothing is really removed from the internet, i believe there should be a liability for these companies since the internet is exposed to anyone who has access to it.
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different specialist
who would these specialists be? what rules will be created ir order to meet these regulations?
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Facebook and others are bound by the same rules that most companies must follow, such as generally agreed-upon definitions of fair business practices, truth in advertising, and so on.
facebook along with other social media have ads that are most likely scam. i personally ordered led lights from an ad and it was a waste of money. this is an example of false advertising.
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www.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com
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With that in mind, we should get our news from news organizations, specifically those that expend resources gathering and reporting information.
i believe the only credible resources are cnn or the ny times because its the most reliable, its what everyone sees. facebook can be misleading.
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There is no way to regulate misinformation and disinformation or unethical business practices by social media firms without putting the government in control of what is true and what is not.
what if the government is hiding the truth?
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Not much.
its confusing as to why facebook wasnt clear about when it was down along with whatsapp and instagram. which of all the fake news is actually real news?
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www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com
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algorithmic signals,
morse code?
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The same technology used by activists to foment social change was being used by governments to spy on their citizens and for corporations and political campaigns to carry out different kinds of experiments.
is lack of technology the reason the yes men were able to get away with this?
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free speech
2nd amendment
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anarchism
no government
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subscribers and then monetized them through donations, subscriptions or sponsored content.
this is how youtubers make money
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Personal data were seen as an artifact of time spent on these services,
was there a way to access this data? if so, was it like today where the government has access to almost everything?
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elite colleges.
who were the elite colleges?
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pay online for pizza delivery.
i remember being excited for this!
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truth is often emotionally boring
this is the case for celebrities when videos get leaked and are interpreted the wrong way.
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mischief and critique
the fact that anything can be written and believed on the internet was only helping their "pranks" more.
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“Just Buy It”
was this considered copyright?
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