Misinformation (the internet mirror)

[Danoff]

Look at this way, I figured he'd buy it to just wind it down in a few months, or resell the big potato after it was no longer hot. I may be reaching here, but I'm sure the owner thought the same way as well (minus any starch-based-tuber terminology).

I think it was pretty clear at the time that Elon wanted it as a personal broadcasting network to spread his misinformation.

 

[HenrySwanson]

If you're asking about how we deal with misinformation, it's going to depend on how and where misinformation is used and created. It's going to be an arms race. Having multiple reliable sources of information that can be verified against each other would also help. Ideally governments could assist with this, but that assumes they aren't in midst of falling to incompetence and corruption.

I don't think it's possible to control.

The viral tweet that was a major factor in the UK riots was full of misinformation and the damage was done very quickly.