If Fox, Facebook and Twitter werent able to systematically promote lies and exploit false narratives, would Trump have become president? Would a mob have stormed the capital? Good governance cannot prevail in a society that protects and rewards liars.<\/p>\n
There is evidence that Americans understand this: a corporation cant use false or misleading ads to sell margarine.<\/p>\n
But Facebook, Fox and Twitter enjoy an enormous and dangerous loophole: To attract more viewers to their platforms and sell their products (ads) to advertisers at higher rates, they are allowed to swamp society in an unceasing tsunami of lies.<\/p>\n
Is margarine more vital than democracy?<\/p>\n
Dudley GreeleyCumberland<\/p>\n
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