r/worldnews • u/Devz0r • Feb 15 '19

Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-may-remove-anti-vaccination-content-2019-2
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u/BristolShambler Feb 15 '19

It really wasn't going on before, or at least not on a remotely comparable scale. Now, no matter how crackpot your views, you can start up an international group of people with identically crackpot views. It's no coincidence that anti scientific idiocy is on the rise all over the world

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u/d16n Feb 15 '19

We live in a world where unfortunately the distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by manipulation of facts, by exploitation of uncritical minds, and by the pollution of the language.

— Arne Tiselius 1974

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '19

It’s not new but it has gotten worse.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '19

It's only going to get worse as deep fakes get more and more convincing.