Saleh@feddit.orgtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking lawEnglish
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8 hours agoWho decides what reality is?
Who decides what reality is?
You give authority to define “facts” to a fact checking institution. That institution may not be sufficiently independent. Because of meddling the institution spreads lies under the claim they would be facts and declares actual facts as lies.
Just think about a fact checking under the authority of Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg, AIPAC…
You might overestimate the statistical prowess and care to establish good proccesses in HR.
I keep rseeing people claiming this about Proton. Is there any specifics i can read up on?
So if in two years when there is multiple rape allegations they will claim “but we did a background check. No idea where this was coming from!”
So if the US would make obligatory fact checking under a Trump administration. How would you solve that problem?
In the end it always boils down to the current administration getting to decide what the facts and what the disinformation is.
This is easily abusable and for instance Goerge Orwell predicted such problems with the “Ministry of Truth” in his book 1984.