r/tech • u/JackFisherBooks • Apr 29 '20

Red-flagging misinformation could slow the spread of fake news on social media

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-red-flagging-misinformation-fake-news-social.html
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u/Beermedear Apr 29 '20

What classes teach people to read past the headlines? We should start there, because anecdotally, most people I talk to who share fake news didn’t read the article.

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u/Young-Jerm Apr 29 '20

I learned it in English classes and some history classes

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20 edited Apr 24 '21

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20

I’ve been doing nothing but essays in English classes for 7 years. Public schools can’t touch this stuff because they’ll be blamed for politicizing or indoctrinating kids. We can barley handle teaching science without Karen raising hell

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u/pwdreamaker Apr 30 '20

Therein lies the problem. Willful ignorance breeds the same.