Attacking the Qanon messengers
“I’ve tapped into literally one of the craziest things in America right now,” Beck said. “Make America Great Again, all these QAnon conspiracy theories—every kid I know is tweeting and sending memes about the Illuminati and QAnon and the deep state, the mainstream media and fake news.” Harrison Beck
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The (Qanon) conspiracy spreads on social media, what measures to combat the problem
While one of the most notorious conspiracy groups in the world - Qanon - seems to have aimed the headlights to Europe to try to influence the vote in the European elections in May, social networks and major web companies (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google … ) are beginning to run for cover to try to counter the spread of propaganda campaigns , fake news and conspiracy theories.
But their countermeasures are fresh water in the face of the magnitude and complexity of a phenomenon that puts the resilience of electoral systems at risk, and could generate the crisis of democracies. So much so that the European Commission has recalled the main giants of the web - Google, Facebook and Twitter - for not having maintained the commitments made in terms of combating fake news and misleading advertising.
The future scenarios , moreover, do not leave much room for doubts. It is therefore necessary to pay more attention to the balancing of interests between legislators and platforms. The latter must necessarily be accountable and must guarantee transparency in the algorithms, but at the same time the governments will have to extend the rules to protect personal data and probably rethink the electoral systems in a perspective appropriate to the times.
Let's take a look at the situation, with an overview of the proposals - interesting but insufficient - of the web companies and the dangers arising from the dissemination of conspiracy theories by groups increasingly organized and thanks to algorithms that make users of online platforms the main vehicles for spreading disinformation.
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