Brian and Colin discuss whether information from a particular source can be trusted or not. If the information is strictly fact-based this is not a complicated issue, but sometimes sources will avoid certain aspects and then the issue becomes more complicated. We discuss the website and app, Factual which rates articles and news sites based on an algorithm rather than personal opinions.
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This conversation focuses primarily on the Twitter environment. Brian and Colin agree that this is a difficult process. No matter if you want content moderation to be strict and others wish it to be more relaxed and allow users to moderate their own feeds. How does the debate over the ‘public square’ affect social media?
The article that Colin references from Gizmodo.
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With recent revelations regarding the authenticity of the laptop, should media have handled the news differently when it broke 3 weeks before the election in 2019. Was the news suppressed? Should the media outlets have reported the news even when they could not verify the details? How much validating should social media conduct?
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