The current era that we live in now is one of several media sources, spreading news not only rapidly but also to a large number of people. News about politics, instead of being entirely of a quite in-depth nature, is now more of more 'bitesized' format. This carries two particularly huge implications, especially when democracy is concerned. One of them is the huge amounts of inaccurate social media material that come with it. While it is now a lot easier to check what's a lie and what's not, the sheer amount of it makes it more difficult to correct at least the majority of it. Political charlatans use this as well as the 'alt-right,' often using the 'streaming tidal surges of lies and garbage' amongst the accurate information. The strategy has been used in a number of political campaigns too now, including the Brexiteers, Ukippers and also the dismantling of the Obama legacy. The second issue is that the 'historical record of truth is trampled over to provide "alternative facts".' This rewriting of history is something that has already been seen online with articles relating to the Holocaust never taking place among others. With this it's clear that a method of some
sort is required to correct these inaccuracies that are now abound online.
With this article, I'm questioning how likely it
is for a corrective mechanism that sorts out all fake information on social
media to actually be implemented. Sites like wikis and social networks are full
of fake news that has disseminated over quite a considerable amount of the
population, influencing their views on a number of things. Correcting all of
that over a space as wide as the web seems extremely unlikely.
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