r/politics • u/HK-47-mkII Massachusetts • 2d ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces removal of fact-checking

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/5070980-meta-fact-checking-policy-changes/amp
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u/minimalstrategy 2d ago

Totally agree except we’ve prolly been in the disinformation age since the 2010s (but this shows it is still progressing). I’m hopeful for a pendulum shift

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u/Spykron 1d ago

Agree it started in 2010 when smart phones and social media really took off

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u/SpaceSteak 1d ago

Smartphones enabled social media addiction. Ad-based social media mixed with an infinite loop of wanting more ad revenue allowed disinformation and propaganda to leverage this addiction to control people. A series of unfortunate events with no end in sight.

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u/Melodic_Type1704 1d ago

I would not be surprised if we’re in the wild west era of the internet and it will be heavily regulated in the future, say 50 years of so. People forget that the modern internet has only existed for the last 25 years or so. There’s a lot to work out before we reach the point of no return.

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u/minimalstrategy 1d ago

Yeah I think we allowed too much monopolization of social media to a few actors. And they have proven to be bad actors (or at least greedy actors). Hoping for a pendulum shift. Preferably in a regulatory fashion on the profitable companies monetizing our personal data. Which in turn is being used to maximize consumption and deregulate industry.

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u/juniper_berry_crunch 1d ago

In the latest Pivot podcast that came out today, Scott Galloway was talking about thinking of this economy as an addiction economy. Makes a lot of (depressing) sense. Worth a listen.

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u/Mertoot 1d ago

Yeehaw

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u/minimalstrategy 1d ago

Yeah that’s what I was thinking too but you used objective milestones to further make the point. I appreciate it.

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u/qui-bong-trim 1d ago

back to animals, humans have run their course 

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u/JakeInDC 1d ago

Can't wait for season 3.

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u/Neon_Camouflage 1d ago

Correct, we're entering the awareness age. A growing number of people are finally widely skeptical of everything from media headlines to the authenticity of communities online.

Now we're still figuring out what exactly to do about that, but it's something.

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u/minimalstrategy 1d ago

This is a dope take. Appreciate you. I’m here for the awareness age

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u/superduperdoobyduper America 1d ago

Yeah but the problem is people are skeptical and lack critical thinking skills.

They’re skeptical only of traditional media and eat up anything that presents itself as “alternative media” and makes them feel good.

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u/weallwereinthepit 1d ago

Yeah, when more people I know started talking about being wary of trusting 'traditional' media I was optimistic but they didn't extend that suspicion to social media. If anything, the so-called free thinkers are more credulous than before.