standupsitdown
Chatty Member
Social media platforms and governments need to work together on this somehow.
The government is consulting on this at the moment - online harms white paper. It is also looking at hate crimes laws - as fake news, social media and hate crime often go hand in hand... The government actually want social media companies to be more accountable for the content hosted on their platforms... Its the ‘how’ that is quite tricky... but it is looking hopeful - all these conspiracy theorists are playing into the hands of the government who need proof that it causes real damage, and they have loads of that from the last year...
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Good to know, thanks for that.
Obviously FB etc have a conflict of interests with the financial gain but they should definitely be held much more responsible.
I’m watching the news situation in Oz with interest. We rightly need to be acutely aware of the dangers of consorship.
I have reported posts on Insta that in no way shape or form should be out there, as have lots of others and yet they remain. It’s infuriating which is why I rely on this thread rather than encounter them on their crappy website or social media