Do you think the admin of SimilarWorlds should remove posts that are fake news?

In particular, some people have sometimes posted misinformation about COVID-19, and this can be lethal if others believe it.

Some people here seem to be campaigners for particular sides in politics.
At least one is regularly posting lies and deliberately constructed misinterpretations of the opposition party.

Twitter and Facebook are having to realise the responsibility they bare for the viral transmission of false information and it's sometimes disastrous consequences.

Isn't it time that SW admin recognised its own duty of care concerning false info?

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SoulAsylum · 31-35, M

Freedom of speech, its peoples duty to investigate and not just believe everything they hear.

hartfire

@SoulAsylum True.
On the other hand, we have evidence that some people died from swallowing methanol in the belief that it could cure them of COVID.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-28/hundreds-dead-in-iran-after-drinking-methanol-to-cure-virus

The truth is that many people don't have enough education to know how to research the facts.

If a lie can do this much harm, shouldn't we hold the liar accountable and deny him the opportunity to cause such harm?

SoulAsylum · 31-35, M

@hartfire some call that natural selection

bijouxbroussard · F

@SoulAsylum Successful lawsuits and subsequent legal disclosures have indicated otherwise.

hartfire

@SoulAsylum Some do. But I don't believe it is.
Babies are born with no ability to discriminate or think. These abilities must be taught, and in many places they are not. Literally millions of people do not know how to tell fact from fiction, or how to find out.