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Yea and how do we know that app doesn’t have misinformation

We don't need another app to further muddy the waters.

We need basic problem solving and critical thinking skills to filter down to the public.

I'm sure this will begin happening any day now.

Florida is banning books which should help. /s

Many other Republican states are banning specific information, e.g. sex Ed, critical race theory, etc.

So, yep, we should get critical thinking skills in no time. /s

Who gets to decide what is misinformation?

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Some people just don’t understand sarcasm

'banning books'

Not saying I agree with what they are doing, but give me a break. That's an incredibly misleading way of saying what's actually happening, which is removing books from public high school and below institutions which they deem as inappropriate.

That is significantly different from 'banning books'. This sort of stupid take is ironic considering your agreeing with someone who just said 'We need basic problem solving and critical thinking skills'.

The lost nuance in conversations like this is exactly the problem. Arguments these days have the depth of bumper sticker zings.

Narrator: it didn’t

Funny how those in power (Leftists) have gotten to the point that they now label anything they disagree with as "misinformation". Ever since the BS that was the mass brainwashing about everything related to the vax (and anything where someone Dared to question the narrative) has pretty much destroyed any "official" form of communication, it has all become nothing but Propaganda.

They are literally wiping books from shelves and digital libraries due to the sheer mention of gender or sexuality. Gender and sexuality are part of the human experience. This is modern day book banning.

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It is not about what we think, it is about how we think. You are right, who gets to decide? The bottom line, we should by using critical thinking to assess what the information is and what that information is based on. Unfortunately, there are few like yourself that can look at the message and ask the important question of validity. (Unfortunately, in the US “truth is no longer truth”) After that, follow the money, or in some cases “power”. There are way too many people out there that would sell their own mothers into prostitution to make a buck. The more they can get control over you thinking their way the more money they make. Our challenge is to use our thinking to figure out which is which.

That's an interesting question... why do you ask?

Whatever AI/Machine Learning that run the new app needs to have your comment loaded. It's exactly the type of drivel that leads to people dismissing evidence and replacing it with trust in their favorite talking head to tell them what's really going on.

What's your definition of "official" communication forms? If you mean the CDC and WHO, they where ahead of the pandemic... nobody wanted to hear it.

We need this app as much as we needed Nina Jankowicz to help the government perpetuate their propaganda!

I feel a song coming on.... https://youtu.be/rZTiMPt-Jqk

5 seconds after it launches it will become a tool of some political party or individual to spread their own lies

Misinformation is a subjective term. Something I consider real may be considered misinformation to someone else

Do you get wrapped up in misinformation a lot?

I think there are two ways to use “misinformation” one is maliciously while the other is incidentally.

Misinformation with an intent to mislead is pretty obviously in the wrong.

Misunderstanding a situation and conveying the incorrect information is pretty clearly okay.

I think a lot of the arguments around misinformation/disinformation stems from this confusion.

Are you maybe thinking of DISinformation?

Misinformation is objective: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation

When you start getting deeper than that, you have to start looking at things like justified true belief.

Ohhhh let's not pretend Democrat voters are itching for banning opposing viewpoints from being "platformed"

> Not saying I agree with what they are doing, but give me a break. That's an incredibly misleading way of saying what's actually happening, which is removing books from public high school and below institutions which they deem as inappropriate.

Ah yes. Lets wait till they're adults with full time non-educational schedules and fully [under]developed ideas of the world and biases that are set in stone. They can do all their reading and learning then!

Don't forget, we the Republicans also wage war against liberal arts and higher education programs that might want to explore these so-called books/ideas in Universities as well.

Republicans ask this a lot, and I think it comes down to them being more emotional than logical. Facts themselves decide what is or isn't misinformation. Things like "Democrats and liberal celebrities are running an underground pedophilia ring worldwide and drinking the blood of children" Isn't an "opinion". It's an inflammatory statement that can mislead people. Same with "People only choose to be Trans so they can get into the bathroom with little girls and rape them."

Do those things sound ridiculous? This shit is spouted every day and no one is actively shutting it down. It's disgusting.

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Would agree. But then isn’t the solution to make everything free and accessible and let people make their own decisions?

Late entry for quote of the year: “If this were easy, somebody would have done it already, we were both surprised nobody tried to have done it, and then when we got into it. ‘Wow, it’s really difficult.”

It’s definitely worth reading the article for context; the headline over-promises. It only has $100K in funding and it’s being developed by two researchers at a college in Illinois. The audience isn’t the average person - they want to create something that will send doctors an alert when medical misinformation is spreading so that those doctors can use their communication channels to spread facts. They also say it’s at least a few years away from launch.

Should have asked ChatGPT how to word a clear title for this post.