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wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

In Europe we have public news broadcasters in every country, so relying on corporate news isn’t a huge problem.

Anyway, a news outlet pushing propaganda and misinformation is not nearly as dangerous as a social media platform doing it via algorithm. The fact that the algorithm can give you exactly the kind of propaganda that will resonate with you is extremely dangerous.

Not saying privately owned news outlets with a huge reach aren’t a problem, they definetely are, it’s just a whole other dimension.

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