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[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yet, they are often wrong. It isn't up to social media to decide what the "truth" is.

A good example is facebook blocked the hunter laptop story even though it was true. That impacts elections and that isn't their job.

People should be able to read and evaluate the information and make their own decisions.

Now I will caveat that with i don't mind them blocking meme and crap like that. I do not mind them blocking legitimate news outlets. That isn't their job to be the keeper of the 'truth'. That is why I don't use facebook. They spread propaganda and not information.

[–] thantik 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Nothing about the hunter laptop story had any merit whatsoever. You are a great example of why people can't be trusted.

Despite persistent allegations that the laptop contents indicated corruption by Joe Biden, a joint investigation by two Republican Senate committees released in September 2020 did not find wrongdoing by him, nor did a Republican House Oversight committee investigation by November 2023.

And then we get:

People should be able to read and evaluate the information and make their own decisions.

Yeah...fucking no. We had to stop using the phrase "Avoid it like the plague" because of "reading and evaluating the information on their own". We had people saying that covid vaccines contained tracking chips and 5g and all sorts of vastly stupid shit. You, and people like you, are the reason that the general public cannot be trusted to determine what information is factual and what information is not. You can't even be trusted to not regurgitate "HUNTER LAPTOP HURR DURRR"; even though it's already a done deal. You are the epitome of propagandized.