It’s been a difficult week. I am grateful for a quiet Friday evening, at least as quiet as it can be with a 13 year old boy listening to Dr. Dre and playing video games.
After years of seemly giving him a pass, Twitter finally suspended the president’s account, permanently. I am grateful that his platform for hatred, misinformation, and lies has been diminished.
I have long felt a calling to explore the problem of misinformation online and have started to research this. I am grateful that I feel like there may be some ways to address this problem in a meaningful way, even though I don’t know what they are just yet.
Part of me wonders if it is healthy or democratic to muzzle views we don’t support. The inciting of violence was pretty brazen, but I’m still a bit wary.
I do believe that there are huge numbers of people purposely spreading misinformation. It has become very difficult and I question everything I read. There is no trustworthy source.
I wish I knew the answer. I read a lot, and go down a lot of rabbit holes via Twitter. Sometimes I wonder why…in the end, I can only influence and manage my immediate circumstances.
Anne
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