<HTML><HEAD><META content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></HEAD><BODY>The governments of the world, including in the US, have been putting out fake news for decades.  Pretending it is a big new deal now and especially suggesting that government be empowered to "fix" it is absurd.   Nothing will replace a discerning pan-critical mind.   Governments want power over media as always but especially over this internet thing that they see as hard to control.  Beware.  What they are really after is far worse than "fake news". <BR>
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- samantha<BR>
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spike wrote:<BR>
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You know this will be huge. Fake news will be practically <BR>
indistinguishable from real. We can make anyone appear to say anything:<BR>
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https://singularityhub.com/2016/12/24/think-tech-is-blurring-fact-and-fantasy-just-wait/?utm_source=Singularity+Hub+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7456354a43-Hub_Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cf60cdae-7456354a43-57458369 <BR>
<https://singularityhub.com/2016/12/24/think-tech-is-blurring-fact-and-fantasy-just-wait/?utm_source=Singularity+Hub+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7456354a43-Hub_Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cf60cdae-7456354a43-57458369><BR>
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spike<BR>
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