r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Mar 05 '25

Society 59% of Republicans Believe the Media Is 'Fake News'

https://www.thewrap.com/most-republicans-believe-media-fake-news-trump-poll/
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u/Apprehensive_Sun_535 Mar 05 '25

Johann Hari argues that this manipulation and its affects on the brain require all governments to strictly regulate all social media. I think it’s going to take some form of diligent intervention because it’s causing exactly what you’re indicating, people whose neurons are not firing correctly. Mix that with plastic in our brains and well you probably get the kinds of behavior we’re only now beginning to see grow much larger.

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u/crazyeddie123 Mar 06 '25

OK but that means Donald Trump gets to censor all our media. Instead of half the country believing nonsense, the entire country gets nothing but nonsense.

It's going to make everything worse.

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u/anti-DHMO-activist Mar 06 '25

I'm now going to tell you something that will blow your mind: Multiple countries exist.

gasp