Fake news or freedom of speech?

[AtW]

“A Trump re-election content producer has been running a fake Joe Biden website that sits near the top of search results online, in a disinformation campaign similar to the Russian trolls in 2016, The New York Times reports. The website, JoeBiden.info, looks like a pro-Biden page but actually trolls users by mocking the Democratic frontrunner and highlights his less-than perfect moments, the Times reports. The website is ran by Patrick Mauldin, a political consultant and digital content producer for the Trump 2020 re-election campaign. Mauldin said he had built and paid for it on his own, and not for the Trump campaign. T.J. Ducklo, a Biden campaign spokesman, said that the campaign knew about the fake website for months. “Imagine our surprise that a site full of obvious disinformation is the handiwork of an operative tied to the Trump campaign,” Ducklo said.”

Trump Re-Election Consultant Running Fake Joe Biden Website: NYT

Mor On, what’s your take on it - should it be banned in Google?

[Jog On]

If it suits Google's political bias they will let it stay, if it contributes to another 'Trump situation' they will filter it out. Shoulds and shouldn'ts (even yours) are irrelevant.

[AtW]

Is it ok to create fake disinfo sites like the one mentioned above?

[Jog On]

Is it ok to create fake disinfo sites like the one mentioned above?

If you have to ask if it's OK then the answer is no.

[Old Greg]

Is it ok to create fake disinfo sites like the one mentioned above?

It's fine if you can deflect by interjecting Google's political bias into the discussion.

[Jog On]

In today's political environment nothing is off the table it would seem

[AtW]

If you have to ask if it's OK then the answer is no.

What is your answer?

[Jog On]

What is your answer?

My answer is who cares? I don't. AFAIK Google etc are quite concerned about fake news so if they care about this they'll do something about it.

[AtW]

My answer is who cares? I don't. AFAIK Google etc are quite concerned about fake news so if they care about this they'll do something about it.

So you don’t care about fake news influencing Mor Ons like yourself?

[WordIsBond]

Is it ok to create fake disinfo sites like the one mentioned above?

What on the site isn't true? It's all sourced.

The only thing 'fake' is that it is made to look like his campaign site, but it does say on the front page it is a parody.

But the pictures, videos, and statements it quotes him as having made are all true. Why would it not be ok to parody someone who does and says the things he's done and said, with his own statements and dubious 'touching' habit? Seems fair game to me.

If you want to be POTUS and you don't want that kind of site, don't say or do those things.