The Conversation: Vaccine Mis‑ and Disinformation Isn’t Just a Threat to Public Health, but Also to Our Autonomy
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"Ignorance is strength," George Orwell warned. Today, control of information remains the preferred mechanism for authoritarian regimes to take hold in power.
Quote of the day by Barack Obama: 'Our new information ecosystem is turbocharging some of humanity's worst impulses' — a warning against rampant disinformation
Social media has been a big part of our lives for the best part of two decades, with the platforms we use shifting how we behave – and the way we behave, in turn, reshaping how the platforms are built. There have long been efforts to understand this phenomenon and the way that policymakers can respond.The genie's out the bottle The former US president had been studying social media for months before giving an address at Stanford University on th…
The Conversation: Vaccine mis‑ and disinformation isn’t just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy
The Conversation: Vaccine mis‑ and disinformation isn’t just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy. “Autonomy, broadly, is the ability to make choices in life that align with who we are, and our own personal beliefs and values. It is the foundation for informed consent and thus a central aspect of ethical vaccine policies and programs. But genuine autonomy depends on the information we are exposed to and have access to, and that he…
The “ingenuous view” of what generates “the connection” rests on thinking that more information will clarify the facts
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