[jay_kyburz]

I read the article and I think the author chose a weird title. In my view misinformation is the least interesting thing discussed, and in fact Schmidt offered a solution right in the article. Legitimate news sources just need to start telling us where the information comes from so we can verify it.

I think the consequences of the geo political race, and the questions around who owns and operates our AI teddy bears is far more interesting. Who is going to decide what is racist, and who will be listening to the conversions we have with our teddy bears.

[JakeAl]

You mean, like the reason hypertext was created? "News" organizations don't even verify their own reporting, so how are they supposed to provide sources? Alison Morrow, former NBC correspondent who now has her own YouTube/Locals/Odysee/Rokfin channel talks about this all the time. The internet has made the news cycle so fast they not only don't have time to give stories the time and nuance they deserve, they simply "trust" who they see as being experts or authorities whether they are or not (mostly those whose narrative the corporations agree with because it doesn't upset advertisers) without verifying anything.

[jay_kyburz]

99% of the problem would simply disappear if we simply held news aggregators responsible for the information they distribute.

If somebody is harmed by something they read on Facebook, they can sue Facebook for damages. Facebook would need to have identity verification in place so it can counter sue the person who originally posted the information.

The age of anonymously posting "news" is over. Words and actions have consequences, and people need to held accountable.