Social media platforms on the nature of fake news
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Today’s hearing on Capitol Hill was not just about regulation, but also on the definition of truth.(Credits: photo illustration by Slate)▻https://medium.com/media/c80e14f754126c2c0296ef6a762c2cfd/hrefDuring the latest hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, an interesting comment by Rep. Pramila Jayapal caught my attention.“The challenge here is that it is difficult to determine exactly what may qualify as false news. But the bigger problem to me is that somehow we get to a standard that truth is relative,” she said in regards to the current debate on fake news and misinformation on social media.Truth is not relative. An apple is an apple. It can’t be a tomato tomorrow and a pear yesterday. It is an apple.In response, Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management at (...)
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