mathematical modelling has been used to show that #misinformation spreads across the internet like a virus spreading through a population.
@hrheingold
I'm sure. What do we do to vaccinate the Internet against it?
@stargazersmith @hrheingold Exactly my question, too. What would a misinformation vaccine look like?
@msbellows @stargazersmith @hrheingold Education in media literacy?
@RufusJCooter @stargazersmith @hrheingold
"'But are there not many fascists in your country?"
"'There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.'
"'But you cannot destroy them until they rebel?'
"'No,' Robert Jordan said. 'We cannot destroy them. But we can educate the people so that they will fear fascism and recognize it as it appears and combat it.'"
-Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls (1940)
Edited 71d ago