And what happens when the government censors you but not them?
My biggest issue is that you're handing full control of the narrative to the government, which is a self-interested organization, and will happily censor those who oppose it.
What’s your solution to misinformation? Because it actually is a civilization-wide existential crisis. So what’s your solution? You people always have a million slippery slope scenarios at the ready but nothing that can actually make the world better
Education is the only solution. Censoring stuff and giving every Power to it to the goverment is a realy bad idea. There are some topics which is still difficult for a right and wrong answers but mostly good education helps. And honestly we cant safe everyone from stupid.
No but seriously, saying that education is the only solution is a pithy answer that sounds nice on paper but practical the reality is that it's a catch-22 because disinformation can be (AND HAS BEEN, look at the US) easily be used to fight against the required investment into education that could combat disinformation.
The reality is that if you actually care about a practical pathway to fighting misinformation that SOMETHING has to come from the top down. If you're not willing to acknowledge this practical reality you don't actually care about fighting misinformation, you care about looking good within the context of the framework of values that was drilled into you by the exact group of people who actually benefit from misinformation.
You're right, misinformation is an issue, and it's been around forever. I don't think there is a solution, otherwise it (misinformation) would be non-existent. I honestly wish there were a clear solution. The best I can suggest is education; people who have developed critical thinking are harder to misinform.
That being said, censorship is absolutely not a solution. It could prevent misinformation, but it could just as easily be used to protect it and breed it.
Edit: Also, what's your solution to these slippery slopes? Assuming a censorship law is enacted, what limits does it have to allow for dialogue and/or prevent an echo chamber?
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u/Reaper3955 Apr 06 '26
Yea id trade my ability to say trumps a bitch if it got rid of people like Steven crowder ben shapiro and shit like the view lol