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posted by martyb on Tuesday May 26 2020, @10:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the context-for-con's-text dept.

Internet Archive Adds "Context" with Warnings

The Internet Archive is warning users about debunked 'zombie' coronavirus misinformation

The Internet Archive is alerting users when they've clicked on some stories that were debunked or taken down on the live web, following reports that people were spreading false coronavirus information through its Wayback Machine.

As NBC reporter Brandy Zadrozny noted on Twitter, the site includes a bright banner on one popular Medium post that was removed as misinformation. Its video archive also creates friction by making users log in to see some videos containing false information, like a reposted version of the conspiracy documentary Plandemic. These videos also include critical comments from Wayback Machine director Mark Graham who described the warnings to Zadrozny as an example of the "importance and value of context in archiving."

What Critical Thinking? Wayback Machine is Now Complicit in Big Tech Censorship

What critical thinking? Wayback Machine is now complicit in Big Tech censorship:

The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.


Original Submission 1, Original Submission 2

 
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 26 2020, @06:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 26 2020, @06:33PM (#999322)

    This is the most interesting thing about this all. I think if anybody takes even a remotely impartial look at the actions and behaviors of companies like Google, who they are is rapidly revealed. And that's not sunshine and rainbows. They're just using people as useful idiots. The interesting part of this being that I think even the people being used probably, at some level, understand they're being used but they so *desperately* want the rhetoric to be true that they just turn off their brains.

    Of course the real truth is that corporate America is neither liberal or conservative. They're above politics. It's simply as a tool to strengthen their position, increase their revenues, and stabilize their workforce. Whichever group is easier to exploit to obtain their own personal ends, is the facade they'll put forward.

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