Regulation to combat fake news, say MPs

[AtW]

“Where we can see lies being spread, particularly in election periods, we should have the ability to say to the tech companies: we want you to act against that content,” Collins told the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “Its not an opinion, it’s a clear lie. It’s being spread maliciously and you should stop it.”

Facebook needs regulation to combat fake news, say MPs | Technology | The Guardian

Yup - auto-bans for links posted to fake news sites: RT.com, ZH, InfoWars etc

[Old Greg]

“Where we can see lies being spread, particularly in election periods, we should have the ability to say to the tech companies: we want you to act against that content,” Collins told the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “Its not an opinion, it’s a clear lie. It’s being spread maliciously and you should stop it.”

Facebook needs regulation to combat fake news, say MPs | Technology | The Guardian

Yup - auto-bans for links posted to fake news sites: RT.com, ZH, InfoWars, Daily Mail etc.

FTFY

[TwoWolves]

This is a very slippery slope they are embarking on. Like the religious/race hatred legislation, it will soon be bent to serve other purposes for the simple reason it's bad law and it can.

What has got into this generation of politicians?

[AtW]

Yeah, very slippery slope indeed, what’s next - require TV channels to be objective in their reporting?

[WTFH]

This is a very slippery slope they are embarking on. Like the religious/race hatred legislation, it will soon be bent to serve other purposes for the simple reason it's bad law and it can.

What has got into this generation of politicians?

So, to avoid the slippery slope, do we just allow lies to be presented as facts?

[LondonManc]

Just delete half the posts in Brexit forum. Job done.

[Jog On]

Who decides what is true and what is fake?

[Zigenare]

Who decides what is true and what is fake?

The Moderators of course!

[Old Greg]

This is a very slippery slope they are embarking on. Like the religious/race hatred legislation, it will soon be bent to serve other purposes for the simple reason it's bad law and it can.

What has got into this generation of politicians?

Who decides what is true and what is fake?

I'm agreeing with the nutjobs! Must be my libertarian left streak.

The cat is out of the bag with fake news and to seek to censor it is to establish some of the apparatus of a police state.

The best that society can do, and even this is a stretch, is to attempt to get transparency on funding. If you are going to pay for adverts or news, then there is a money trail. Even this is probably doomed to end up in some offshore trust rabbit hole.

So we need to recognise there is a problem, but not all problems should be solved.

[xoggoth]

In sorta related news, I'm amazed at how these guys managed to get Google search for "best toilet paper in the world" to show the Pakistani flag in all the top links on Google in 5 days. You should hire them atW!

Pulwama attack: Google searches 'hijacked' to link Pakistan flag to toilet paper - BBC News

Oh hang on, it was fake news according to Google:

Pakistan flag: No evidence our images showed Pakistan flag for toilet paper: Google

The world is certainly confooooosing.