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LegitHyperbole 12 hours ago
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SvennoJ said:
LegitHyperbole said:

I don't believe it. Any Governemnt now that wants to remain in power and have a chance on the global stage would be steering away from that and following China's example of propaganda and an eclosed information ecosystem, not adding to the confusion. I seen Obamas team try to float the idea of an information watchdog, something that would be akin to the ministry of truth and while it seems radical they had damn good intention behind it for times like we find ourselves in. 

WMD in Iraq ring a bell? Government fake / misinformation is far older than the internet.

Any Governemnt now that wants to remain in power and have a chance on the global stage would be steering away from that

Netanyahu, Putin, Kim Jung Un, Khamenei are all using misinformation to stay in power today. (Although they indeed don't have much chance on the global stage anymore)

US political election is rife with misinformation as well. Both Democrats and Republicans. Hence fact checking is so important nowadays. A good advancement with AI would be real time fact checking. Add a truth meter on the screen during debates. Lie, unverifiable, Truth.

I like how you called out both Democrats and Republicans. I've seen people say what you've said a lot online while they, in the most horrifically unironic way, support everything from either of the current shit picks whether it's Trump, Biden, Hillary or Kamalla. So you have Trump/Kamala supporters saying there is corruption in every governemnt all over the world but not Trump or Kamalla, they are different, they are the good ones. Sorry, to go on a tangent. I don't have much else to add, I agree with what you said. I suppose I should add "any country/nation that actually cares about their country/nations future should be creating an enclosed ecosystem". Sadly, I guess very few of them do. China cares more about the party clearly and secondly the people, I guess it's the same in the west but we have a harder time seeing it at such a close distance.