Petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation
Petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation
We believe that lies, fraud, and media toxicity threaten our way of life. We think new mechanisms are needed to preserve confidence. How else can people know what to trust?
To whom it may concern.
Considering the sheer amount of mis/disinformation we've seen in just our own media over the last decade (cough the NHS buses cough), I absolutely agree that we need the government to be putting more accountability onto online media sources (I.e. news publishers and social media platforms) for the mis/disinformation they allow to propagate through them, and to find more ways to increase the digital literacy of our population (particularly the elderly and children) so they're more resistant to it in the future.
I agree. But can see how this will go.
If it gets the votes. (Hard because most have gotten fed up with these things achieving nothing)
Parliment will have a discussion. Argue about how impossible it is to define truth from a government prospective. (IE without looking like censorship)
Then never being it up again.
Unfortunately this is the sort of problem that needs answers before letting government discuss it. And then needs grass roots support to force it forward.
And honestly. I don't think the UK is capable of that any more. NHS creating and post war social housing was likely the last time we were.
Why anyone would downvote this is beyond me. More than ever, we need to strengthen regulations across the board when it comes to knowingly spreading misinformation, failing to do due diligence if you’re in a position of power and spreading unverified information, privacy and right to be forgotten with AI, and so much more.
Maybe because these petition have never (as far as I know) achieved anything?
Do we really want the government to be the arbiters of truth though?
Signed it. Let's see
Same here. Every little helps ;-)