• Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    Unrelated to politico and Springer, wouldn’t you say that a lot of the current fake news, anti-science trends are pushed by grifters trying to make money by sensationalizing everything? How would you deal with people peddling falsehoods to get money?

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      12 days ago

      That’s fraud and its illegal. What they do is color information which is not.

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        12 days ago

        Where is lying illegal? There are tons of “creators” that either propagate themselves or platform lies. Nothing is done about them.

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          11 days ago

          Do something. Its illegal, but somebody has got to start suing them. Crowdfund and start, I’ll be your first donor.