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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 07 2017, @12:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 07 2017, @12:17AM (#463810)

    Edit: "But, it IS NOT something the government *SHOULD* regulate."

    If you think it cannot be done then your knowledge of other countries is severely lacking...

    This is something EVERYONE should fight tooth and nail against regardless. Make no mistake this is the battle cry for authoritarians everywhere - don't let the fact that it appears to benefit "your team" and not theirs fool you.