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Europeans want decisive action against disinformation on the internet (www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Europeans want decisive action against disinformation on the internet::More than half of all EU citizens doubt the truthfulness of the information they find online. Recognizing false content and actively responding to it is easier for the young and the educated. Almost nine out of ten Europeans feel tech companies and policymakers both have a responsibility to combat...

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Already done for newspapers, television, news programs, movies

And it doesn't have to be done internet wide either ... everyone can still produce their own blog and share it.

The one section of the internet that should be heavily regulated is social media and internet companies that carry and control massive amounts of personal data. Regulate those few big internet and social media companies and 90 percent of the disinformation problems on the internet would be solved.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah, flat-earthers and anti-vaxxers are pretty much on the rise due to facebook groups dedicated to them, Village idiots that you would previously ignore now get online into an echochamber with idiots from far away places easily to circlejerk about their perceived superior intelligence about how others missed these simple clues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Flat earth started as a meme, the village idiots saw a messiah, flat earth was their jesus in the toast moment and they took the bait.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah it would be nice, but people suck and people will always suck, and nobody wants Black Mirror to be boring compared to reality.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So how exactly would you do it without room for abuse?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You don't. The "room for abuse" is exactly what disinformation peddlers want to have codified.

After all, with enough money, it'd be easy for bad actors to get their agents into "independent" information veracity panels.

The only way I can think of to reliably stop disinformation is to reduce or eliminate society's dependence on money. Otherwise, money will always talk, and everybody has their price.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think the truth is simpler. Humans are a very large group, and just by sheer numbers there will always be idiots and assholes. I consider them to be canaries. If theres idiots, if theres disagreements and arguments, then theres valuable discussion to be had.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Find ways to minimize the time & energy that you and others around you spend on rewarding idiots and assholes for being such.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think they might also mean "room for abuse" as in people abusing said guidelines to attack people or subjects they don't like though erroneous reporting and poor enforcement of those guidelines (you already see it happen with something like community notes), abuse can go both ways with something like this.

You also highlight an important point in that people who create the disinformation already know how to get around barriers and telling them what is and isn't explicitly will just make their job easier, so in essence such rules and guidelines only hurt anyone else, the people who would be on the receiving end of abusive reporting, or abuse of the correction systems.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Europeans want ministry of truth

Doubt... the same people who are pearl clutching about people losing faith in MSM are the ones who want this. They fear losing control of the narrative.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

CORRECTION: The EU governments want action against disinformation on the Internet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I sure hope anyone anywhere trying to stop misinformation on the Internet has a good sense of humor and knows the difference between something that is a joke and something that is harmful misinformation.