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TheLianeonProject t1_ivl7qn7 wrote

From the article: "While the impact of digital media on democracy cannot be judged as simply ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ the results clearly show that digital media can have several negative effects on political behaviour,” he added."

The fundamental problem is that, per Brandolinis Law, it's an order of magnitude more difficult to make a false claim than it is to prove it wrong.

The internet enabled an asymmetry between truth and untruths, with it heavily weighted toward untruths.

Not sure how this problem is solved.

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JustGettingMyPopcorn t1_ivn3zsu wrote

Isn't it an order of magnitude more difficult to prove a claim is false than it is to make a false claim? Because I can think of a shit ton of false claims that have been made in the past two years that somehow seem not to have proven false, despite all evidence.

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