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Comment by randomgyatwork | Hacker News Reader

Who gets to decide what the real news is? Like if you make a white list of legit news, then you are creating an inherent bias.

What if the real news list chooser doesn't like a certain website, so they black list it?

Isn't trying to control this unintentional or maybe even intentional censorship?

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It's a bias that you can trust but verify. For instance, AV software, and web filtering apps rate websites you visit with a score and could block you from visiting sites with a low score to keep you "safe". If web filtering vendor A is a competitor of vendor B or doesn't like the world view of candidate X, they could easily block you from going there. So we have to trust but verify. This is why open source is helpful so we can see the algorithm or reasons why something is blocked.

I see the problem you are describing.... But if google or Facebook blocks something, its totally possible that you won't even be able to verify... Things will vanish forever.

Shouldn't blantantly false information vanish forever, or at least be pushed out of the platform? For example, the meme on Facebook that said the Pope endorsed Donald Trump. It was blatantly false; and yet it was shared over a million times.

Truth is super subjective, plus people should be able to spread the memes they choose... It's up to the reader to decide what is real and true.

If someone else gets to decide its censorship.

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