More #OnlineSafetyBill discussion today. I took on mis-and-disinformation. The terms are highly politicised, weaponised so often used to justify censorship or discredit our political opponents...
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Fox_Claire/status/1656744798135414789
...Inevitably, the opposition benches are all keen to have more policing of misinformation, especially what is called 'harmful health fake news'. The irony being that so many official truths on Lockdown ended up being misinformation. #OnlineSafetyBill
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Fox_Claire/status/1656744800656261120
...Emphasising harms rather than arming people with resilience that comes via debate & being open to diverse views. I recommended @DebatingMatters Topic Guides and John Locke on toleration as a better options for adult media literacy than a technical fix.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Fox_Claire/status/1656744805425135616
Later on we discussed media literacy, and, in some ways, I'd prefer education to regulation. But when people say ‘adults need lessons in media literacy’, it always ends up being paternalistic and infantilising...
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https://youtu.be/f9wecnv47DA
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Fox_Claire/status/1656744803051139088