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One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada (www.nationalobserver.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 72 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Let's not regulate the social media corporations and algorithms who are amplifying propaganda and radicalization for profit though... Let's force everyone to verify their identity with a big brother constructed by the Epstein class... To protect the kids, of course!

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago

    This is why I have conspiracy theories about the conspiracy theories about government-provided digital ID. We could have social media that allows us to know who is verified as a real Canadian human being and who is a truly-anonymous account.

    But instead we're going to get "give your photos to Peter Thiel", which is a tech that doesn't solve the problem of anonymous disinfo-peddlers with shadowy backing, but does give the evilest people in the world a way to track you.

    Especially since its' pretty easy to just flag an account on Microsoft or Google as a child account. If they really wanted to just detect children online so that sites can properly enforce adult-only rules, the browser could send that as a header flag.

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