"In the crucial early hours after the Las Vegas mass shooting, it happened again: Hoaxes, completely unverified rumors, failed witch hunts, and blatant falsehoods spread across the internet."
It's the nature of the internet and social media. People rant, rave and gossip. It's not google or facebook's job to curate what people say, think or do.
I wish google and facebook and the social media companies would unite to fight back against traditional media. They've been attacked for the past couple of years relentlessly.
> their active role in damaging the quality of information reaching the public.
With all due respect. If google/fb/social media wanted to filter out quality of information, they would ban theatlantic and the rest of the traditional media.
At the end of the day, this guy is just complaining that people are being people. Eventually things get sorted out.
Looking at the guy's stories list, it seems like all he does is whine about facebook and social media.
It's the nature of the internet and social media. People rant, rave and gossip. It's not google or facebook's job to curate what people say, think or do.
I wish google and facebook and the social media companies would unite to fight back against traditional media. They've been attacked for the past couple of years relentlessly.
> their active role in damaging the quality of information reaching the public.
With all due respect. If google/fb/social media wanted to filter out quality of information, they would ban theatlantic and the rest of the traditional media.
At the end of the day, this guy is just complaining that people are being people. Eventually things get sorted out.
Looking at the guy's stories list, it seems like all he does is whine about facebook and social media.
https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexis-madrigal/
Who is alexis madrigal that we should even pay attention to him?