Fake News nehmen im Vorfeld der EU-Wahlen zu

https://www.dw.com/en/fake-news-on-the-rise-leading-up-to-eu-election/a-69046888

9 comments

  2. What is it with the far-right and the “we’re going to be forced to eat bugs” conspiracy theory?

  3. It is time to regulate Social media.

    It poses threats to democratic societies due to 

    – the rapid spread of misinformation, 

    – filter bubbles that limit exposure to diverse viewpoints, 

    – manipulation of public opinion, 

    – amplification of extremism and 

    – hate speech, and 

    – privacy concerns with data exploitation. 

    The massive negative impact on society outweighs the dubious benefits of funny memes, cat pictures and brain-numbing short videos.

    While social media has benefits, balancing its negative impacts with positive potential is crucial.

  5. If only there were a way to find out where it originated from and put a stop to it

  6. All of meta apps must have ways to flag misinformation. 

  7. For the love of christ, do not vote for anybody who can even remotely be defined as right wing. What part of ‘fascism is bad’ did you guys not figure out from that time Germany went far right /through belgium/?

  8. The west is completely and totally unable to stop this new kind of attack.

    Implementing rules to regulate the free access to information AND the ability to freely produce information is not only extremelly difficult (to make sure you don’t end up forming the Ministry of Truth and to make sure you don’t end up giving total and complete control of information to the government), it is also extremelly unpopular amongst the western populations.

    The autocracies have figured out this giant blind spot in western societies and are exploiting it more and more, and getting more and more blatant as time goes on.

    This kind of stuff will only get worse for many more years to come. Strap in.

  9. It blows my mind that social media is not regulated. Our boomer leaders are fucking useless when it comes to tech. We are inviting in our enemies to sabotage our elections, and create polarized and divided societies.

    Facebook and Twitter can easily be regulated. What is the worst that can happen? They close down their operation in Europe? Who gives a fuck. They are basically marketing channels that can easily be replaced. It is not like society will fail to function if Facebook and Twitter closes down.

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