- John Oliver discusses how misinformation spreads among immigrant diaspora communities, how little some platforms have done to stop it, and, most importantly, how to have a very good morning.
- This week John Oliver talks about misinformation that spreads in immigrant diaspora communities and how easily it spreads. Though social media companies have some controls over the spread of misinformation when written in English, non-English posts on social media do not have the same kind of oversight. These kinds of misinformation taps into culturally specific interests or fears. Lack of alternative news outlets and fact checkers in their own languages leads to the spread of misinformation in immigrant communities who rely on social media like Youtube or private messaging apps like Whatsapp and Wechat for their news. The use of messaging apps to forward unverified and often fake news content has become an epidemic in many immigrant diaspora communities. These messaging apps became popular in many countries since the companies running them, like Facebook, partner with mobile phone carriers to make access to messaging apps, like Whatsapp, cheaper or free than accessing the rest of the internet. Consequences of such spread of misinformation range from doubts getting cast on free and fair elections to mob lynchings. John argues that social media companies need to at least have the same oversight for non-English language posts as they have for the English ones. Public pressure on social media platforms might push these companies to establish some controls. John also talks about the political fight between the Governor and the Lt. Governor of Idaho over COVID restrictions and mask mandates. He also talks about how AT&T funds OAN (One America News network) which gives a platform for conspiracy theories.—cmpunk
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