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Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News"

posted by FatPhil on Monday February 06 2017, @09:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the is-there-an-all-fake-news-sites-are-liars-paradox dept.

TheMightyBuzzard brings us this jaunty tale about the spectre of censorship:

Over the last few months, we've talked about the weird obsession some people upset by the results of the election have had with the concept of "fake news." We warned that focusing on "fake news" as a problem was not just silly and pointless, but that it would quickly morph into calls for censorship. And, even worse, that censorship power would be in the hands of whoever got to define what "fake news" was.

Source: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170201/23481336610/bad-idea-worst-idea-having-ftc-regulate-fake-news.shtml

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by VLM on Monday February 06 2017, @09:39PM

    by VLM (445) on Monday February 06 2017, @09:39PM (#463694)

    Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election.

    He's not far enough right wing for me, but you gotta love that guy, when it comes to trolling the media and just slugging it out with them, damn he's good. He may not be the hero we need but he's still a hero.

    The american public oppose border security according to the polls, about as much as Hillary has a 99% chance of winning according to the polls LOL.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 06 2017, @10:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 06 2017, @10:31PM (#463744)

    No, only the SJW'ers and the wetbacks oppose border security.