pulse Report This Comment
Date: May 30, 2020 09:05AM

I certainly don't think they should be fact checking. I also agree that people's views are the people's, not the platform's responsibility. But then what would I know? I'm not a billionaire social media owner.

woberto Report This Comment
Date: May 30, 2020 09:12AM

Or are you...

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: May 30, 2020 12:06PM

disinformation is his core values

Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: May 30, 2020 05:03PM

This is EXACTLY why I despise any form of censorship!

It's only human that anyone seeking to delineate and define the veracity of anothers thoughts or ideas will always do so from within their own set of standards which means it's always going to be a subjective call on their part

pulse Report This Comment
Date: May 31, 2020 03:29AM

Yeah it's a tricky one. I'm not really for the whole censorship side of things; but I do understand (and this ISN'T a Trump thing, this is for anybody in a high position of power) the checking of facts disseminated by a head of state or global body who is representing inaccuracies as factual and true; ie not stating an opinion, stating a fact, which leads to actions on other people's behalf. This would be somebody like Trump, somebody like the W.H.O. speaking on a pandemic, somebody like our Prime Minister. If they are using a platform to speak to their constituents then I do believe those statements should be factually accurate. Otherwise they need to be stated as opinions.

I just don't know if it's the platform's responsibility to do the job; certainly not without warning.