With the distribution channels centralized, how do you call out a lie by a "major news org", if the gvt (Google, Youtube, FB, Twitter…) decide to play along and suppress your message?
The EU Commissar of Truth, Vera Jourova, announced that "the era of the Wild West for free speech is over". She also cited "gentlemen's agreement" with the "big boy" platforms where legislation is lacking for now. Chilling.
To the degree that the censorship machine fails, it fails for technical reasons, not for a lack of appetite.
A resigned shrug and "ultimately what do I care" is increasingly common. It might be a self-correcting problem, on the evolutionary scale.
> If someone posted a video of the president eating a live baby I'd probably be more skeptical of my sources.
Isn't that because you've lived a life grounded (mostly) in physical reality? With free access to (mostly) uncensored information?
We might be surprised what's considered "extraordinary" with respect to a "sceptical threshold" in the future, especially once the pre-internet generation dies out. And digital information with digital influencers (AI or not!) beholden to a few centralized platforms shaping the consensus reality.
Get "called out" how, exactly?
With the distribution channels centralized, how do you call out a lie by a "major news org", if the gvt (Google, Youtube, FB, Twitter…) decide to play along and suppress your message?
The EU Commissar of Truth, Vera Jourova, announced that "the era of the Wild West for free speech is over". She also cited "gentlemen's agreement" with the "big boy" platforms where legislation is lacking for now. Chilling.
To the degree that the censorship machine fails, it fails for technical reasons, not for a lack of appetite.
A resigned shrug and "ultimately what do I care" is increasingly common. It might be a self-correcting problem, on the evolutionary scale.
> If someone posted a video of the president eating a live baby I'd probably be more skeptical of my sources.
Isn't that because you've lived a life grounded (mostly) in physical reality? With free access to (mostly) uncensored information?
We might be surprised what's considered "extraordinary" with respect to a "sceptical threshold" in the future, especially once the pre-internet generation dies out. And digital information with digital influencers (AI or not!) beholden to a few centralized platforms shaping the consensus reality.