Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

  • Tedesche@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You can’t baby-proof the internet. People need to take individual responsibility to ensure they’re not being duped by liars. We shouldn’t be pleading with big tech companies—which are ultimately indifferent to everything but profits—to shelter us from charlatans.

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      1 year ago

      They won’t, and we will all suffer the consequences. Heading serious people vote based on lies they read online isn’t an individual problem with an individual solution.