YouTube the only social media organization deferring to the WHO. Facebook's vice president of integrity, Guy Rosen, announced the social media site would direct people "Who have liked, reacted or commented on harmful misinformation about COVID-19 that we have since removed" to a page with "Myth-busters" by the U.N. agency.
Is the WHO really the organization social media companies want to reward by declaring it to be the authoritative source of information on COVID-19?
If social media companies continue to move in a direction of controlling-rather than just hosting-information, who the "Experts" are matters, as does the amount of control they are given.
Ultimately, if social media companies are uncomfortable with the "Wild West" approach to information, there are better and worse ways to combat misinformation.
The left knows that, and that's why they are pressuring the social media companies to put more gatekeepers in place.
The more vetting power social media companies give-particularly if given to one organization or a small group of organizations-the greater the potential there is for "Inconvenient facts" to be quashed.
As social media companies balance priorities, they'd be wise to remember that what many love best about the internet is having a free, open exchange of information and views-not being in a carefully sealed bubble.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/28/misinformation-isnt-the-only-danger/
Is the WHO really the organization social media companies want to reward by declaring it to be the authoritative source of information on COVID-19?
If social media companies continue to move in a direction of controlling-rather than just hosting-information, who the "Experts" are matters, as does the amount of control they are given.
Ultimately, if social media companies are uncomfortable with the "Wild West" approach to information, there are better and worse ways to combat misinformation.
The left knows that, and that's why they are pressuring the social media companies to put more gatekeepers in place.
The more vetting power social media companies give-particularly if given to one organization or a small group of organizations-the greater the potential there is for "Inconvenient facts" to be quashed.
As social media companies balance priorities, they'd be wise to remember that what many love best about the internet is having a free, open exchange of information and views-not being in a carefully sealed bubble.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/28/misinformation-isnt-the-only-danger/
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