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Originally Posted by Bucco
One of, and most important reason I post about misinformation and truth is the constant posting of plain out false conspiracy theories about everything, but sadly not excluding this virus and attempts to save lives.
FOR EXAMPLE.....
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While this poster has had problems in the past with TRUTH, Facebook will do nothing about this.......it is called " gray area misinformation"
"Experts call this sort of tactic gray area misinformation and said it can have the same impact on an audience as blatant falsehoods when it's being received without proper context or by people with preconceived ideas."
As a country we get greatly agitated by information being "edited" by platforms, even though they contain blatant lies and or untruths.
We better wake up and address this because tolerance for lying and liars is becoming normal........there is not negative to simply going on line and lying about anything.
This has caused a great chasm in our country and has to be addressed.
COVID is serious and for me, there is no reason or room for spreading lies or misinformation about the disease.
If you do not know the truth, do not post.....or just shut up. There are so many websites that peddle nothing but false information to satisfy whatever movement they endorse, and sadly there appears to be enough lazy, uninformed folks who will follow them to the end of the earth (hopefully not literally).
I find this problem in so many areas and we just seem to accept it.......to me, that signal of acceptance is a very bad omen.
You certainly hold your own family to the truth........why do you accept and endorse lying on so many important issues ?
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I accept "lying" today because I want to have a voice tomorrow when I disagree with the "truth." Or put another way, who decides what "truth" is? I feel we need to encourage and rely upon critical thinking rather than censorship. I also feel we really have to come to a common understanding that facebook is not a reliable source of information.
"The earth is round" and "the earth revolves around the sun" are two truths that few will dispute, but there are some that will. Should we censor those who would say the earth is flat or should we let them have their voice? Give them their voice but then provide the other side to the argument.
Today the discussion is the seriousness of Covid and the effectiveness of the vaccines. While the majority agree, there are a significant number of deniers. But which is better, asking facebook to spoon feed people with the "real truth" or letting the deniers have their say and then providing the data that shows them to be wrong? To me, asking the reader to make the effort to consider both sides will help society in the future.
One more example: is the statement, "Trump was a good president," true or false? Who decides which is the correct answer? Should facebook remove any comments to the contrary?
It's easy to argue for the removal of misinformation when nearly everyone agrees on what misinformation looks like. it becomes less easy to agree when the topic is more controversial, especially if you find yourself in the minority. It is better for society if we allow all viewpoints and demand that the reader take the time to think about the subject rather than creating a Department of Truth that determines which truths are allowed to be presented.