• Dran@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Who decides what “truth” is? In concept I’m with you but in practice that sounds like a nightmare. See: mainland china

    Governments should be the arbiters of law and recommendations, not the arbiters of truth.

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      5 days ago

      Alright how about ethics laws. Make knowingly lying or blatant dishonesty a felony.

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        2 days ago

        Didn’t news stations at one point have something that required exactly this? Atleast over in america…

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      5 days ago

      As much as Twitter has gone to shit I love the Community Notes feature they added. It deals with managing truth/lies very well

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      I mean it’s mostly just something to say, I haven’t put a lot of thought into it. But there are things that are objectively true, and objectively false. If a company states something that is objectively false, then they should be held accountable. This PSN issue is an area where it becomes subjective, or at least difficult to prove, and then we’re right back where we started.