Cross posted from Discuit

  • RedAggroBest@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    How do you construct anti-propaganda laws that can’t be used by bad actors to silence dissent? Genuine question if you have an answer but I don’t think anyone actually does. The only actual counter to propaganda is quality education, which is where the US has been failing dramatically.

    • smayonak@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      So far all anti propaganda laws were passed in totalitarian states to suppress dissidents. But I think a good start would be to look at pre-existing limitations on free speech. Can you shout “fire” in a crowded theater just for funsies? No? Then we’ve already got a public safety caveat in our right to free speech. So you can’t say something that will kill people IF IT IS A LIE. There are also time place and manner restrictions on free speech. So we agree there is a time and place where you can criticize the state. So we sort of believe that during public emergencies, such as during a pandemic, you cannot spread lies about the pandemic.

      There are ways to prove lies.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      You have to target entities that knowingly lie and portray themselves as serious. Anti fraud laws with teeth.