"Scrolling through these platforms, watching them fill with #falseinformation, harebrained theories, and doctored images—all while panicked residents boarded up their houses, struggled to evacuate, and prayed that their worldly possessions wouldn’t be obliterated overnight—offered a portrait of American discourse almost too bleak to reckon with head-on." @TheAtlantic
@WDEFAustenOnek one of my Facebook friends who only asked for prayer and vote for people who believe climate change is real. Some old white troll lady started spreading lie about funds diverted bullshit. I reported her to Facebook and blocked her. Not sure if they stop false information. I hope my friend has reported it to.
@JPSCHWEIZER63 I would hope so as well. Unfortunately, from what I've heard, at the major social media sites, tamping down the disinformation/hate/blather is either not taken seriously, is an understaffed process, or both.
The best we can do (besides blocking) is to counter - loudly and boldly - anybody's dangerous disinformation/ignorant bushwa at every opportunity. Science and the future demands it of us. Not easy, but necessary.