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Facebook and YouTube are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election

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[-] Lugh@futurology.today 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm glad the EU is acting to combat this, but there's a deeper problem. The amount of people who lack basic critical thinking skills, and can't figure out the truth of facts for themselves. The amount of people who've become convinced vaccines are dangerous, being just one recent example of this.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eroding the aspects of public education that contribute to people's critical thinking skills and civics knowledge has been in the republican playbook since the Regan administration. Not that we were all that known for it before then...

[-] FMT99@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I mean it's pretty bad to have private corporations as gatekeepers of "the truth" in any case.

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