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Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation (www.washingtonpost.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Antivax sentiment has been around for hundreds of years, long before the Internet, mostly through political party rhetoric and/or religion, not saying the spread likely hasn't increased, but people believe wrong information all the time.

[–] TwilightVulpine 1 points 1 year ago

There is always a nutball, but my point is that, yes, it has increased significantly. Vaccines were a settled matter already, people far and wide trusted them. Now vaccination rates have gone down and diseases that we had nearly eliminated are having a comeback. This has happened because now any stupid grifter can have a worldwide platform and a following who actively spreads their nonsense.