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Should social media websites remove posts which spread misinformation?
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
Social media websites have a democratic duty to prevent the spread of misinformation.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1, children below
A
significant number
of people receive their news from social media, so these platforms have duties towards the preservation of the democracies where they are used.
Pro claim 2, children below
As
Thomas Jefferson
argued, a prerequisite for democracy is an informed public. Therefore, any medium which hosts political discussion has a duty to stop misinformation.
Con claim 1, children below
No non-governmental group has a duty to preserve democracy.