G+_George Kozi Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Originally shared by George Kozi This may be very out there, but I'm gonna ask it anyway. It's a simple question that's long overdue. As a matter of principle, should clickbaiting be made illegal, and carry a serious penalty? And yeah, I know there are complexities around this issue that will have to be resolved. But that's what lawyers and politicians are for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 What prompted me to ask this was a story about some group of teenagers in Macedonia that were posting stuff about the, and during the american elections, that wasn't true. The fake news, get shares business. Stuff like that, which is about baiting and clicks, has (as we now see) real consequences. And the platforms i.e. the tech giants that host this on their platforms are like "oh, that has nothing to do with us". Well, i'm sorry, but it kinda does. If you are as big as Facebook, or twitter, and by the way you architecture your platform promotes echo chambers and bubbles, you carry a responsibility whether you like it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 And now I am reminded of the Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast in 1938... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Sullivan Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Sometimes media just flat out gets it wrong, they shouldn't be brought up on charges for that. It would be very difficult to discern whether an article was purposely misleading or mistakenly. With the law, ignorance is no excuse, you can't steal from a store and claim you didn't know you were breaking the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dave Trautman Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 There used to be these obscure ads on the back of cheap comic books when I was a kid. They were scams, but people tried them (x-ray glasses anyone?). We all have to learn to interpret what we see (or read) and this is just a learning period for people who will later be in a better position to judge what is worth a click and what is clearly baiting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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