Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social

Social media platforms can undermine the spread of misinformation. But in the last couple of years they have simply chosen not to.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 16:41 UTC

The fallacy in the term "social media" is the thought that these platforms are any type of media at all. They are not--they all abdicated any responsibility that would earn them the right to be called media right from the beginning. Social platforms, social apps, whatever. Not media.

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 15:52 UTC

Just Twitter, surely?

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jdrch @jdrch.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 15:56 UTC

I disagree that they haven't. Meta has explicit disinformation settings in Instagram that apply to Threads also. Threads has outright downranked political content. I know everyone hates Meta & they can never do anything right, but those settings exist. I have them set to the max & confirm they work

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