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[–] thantik 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's practically impossible for individuals or governments to fact-check every piece of information effectively at the scale social media companies operate at. Social media companies have the resources and technology to implement automated and manual fact-checking processes to handle this volume.

They also have the only direct control over their platforms, needed to implement measures to fact-check in the first place. It's their platform, so they should have control over it. They have a responsibility to combat misinformation, given the huge amount of influence they have over politics.