How to Fix Fake News
Regina Rini,
New York Times,
Oct 16, 2018
I'm not really on board with the idea tat the New York Times has solved the problem of fake news, nor either that emulating the norms of the cocktail circuit is the way to do it - both are as capable of spreading rumours as well as fact, and neithr seems to be held accountable for it. But there is an element worth drawing out of this article, and it's this: the ability to spread fake news stems at least in part from our ability to remember who said what. "We need to establish stable testimonial norms, which allow us to hold each other accountable on social media." In other words, we "should track and display how often each user decides to share disputed information." Of course, thi presupposes a system where we already know which news is fake - and one of the challenges today lies in making that determination.
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