Hillary Clinton: ‘There has to be a global reckoning with disinformation’ theguardian.com/us-news/2021/m…
1/ Per bit.ly/3unLjd2 by David Smith @SmithInAmerica via @GuardianUS , “ The press cannot be expected to restore a common baseline of truth on its own, however.
2/ Per bit.ly/3unLjd2 by David Smith @SmithInAmerica via @GuardianUS , “The technology platforms are so much more powerful than any organ of the so-called mainstream press,...[Clinton said]
3/ Per bit.ly/3unLjd2 by David Smith @SmithInAmerica via @GuardianUS , “...and I do think that there has to be not just an American reckoning but a global reckoning with the disinformation,...[Clinton said]
4/ Per bit.ly/3unLjd2 by David Smith @SmithInAmerica via @GuardianUS , “... with the monopolistic power [The technology platforms]and control, with the lack of accountability that the platforms currently enjoy,” Clinton said.
5/ Per bit.ly/3unLjd2 by David Smith @SmithInAmerica via @GuardianUS , “She[Clinton] added: “In particular Facebook, which has the worst track record for enabling mistruths, misinformation, extremism, conspiracy, for goodness’ sake,...
6/ Per bit.ly/3unLjd2 by David Smith @SmithInAmerica via @GuardianUS , [Clinton added]“... even genocide in Myanmar against the Rohingya. So governments are going to have to decide right now that the platforms have to be held to some kind of standard, and it’s tricky.”
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