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denyjunctionfunction t1_j55v4un wrote

Reply to comment by _______someone in Study of more than 2,400 Facebook users suggests that platforms — more than individual users — have a larger role to play in stopping the spread of misinformation online by giuliomagnifico

So misleading and cherry-picked information is fine so long as it is true (but leaving out context)?

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thechinninator t1_j55vu83 wrote

An unfortunate loophole, but idk how to account for this if you want to keep moderators' personal biases out of the execution

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denyjunctionfunction t1_j55y9jm wrote

A major loophole. I’m willing to bet most of the things that people call misinformation aren’t straight up lies, but just cherry picked information.

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_______someone t1_j56com4 wrote

Misleading and cherry-picked information is inaccurate information.

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denyjunctionfunction t1_j56p0tl wrote

No they aren’t. “Inaccurate” doesn’t deal with context alone. It’s binary in saying it is accurate or not, on a spectrum of how inaccurate/accurate it is. If stats show that X does Y if Z is present, it is not inaccurate to say X does Y. It’s misleading though because the entire context isn’t there, but it is factually correct.

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