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Cracking down on fake news
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Joen Yunus 2016
GET ready to read
Look at the cartoon and explain
the situation.
Where do you think these people
are? Why is the man standing?
2 Explain the cartoonist's message.
e. What fundamental American
right is represented here?
b. Do people exercise it differently
today?
Fake news and the return to
Disseminating false info
American agencies have
Apple CEO Tim Cook has expressed his conce
news" in an interview with The Daily Telegraph
thing that should be addressed. According to Co
is "killing people's minds" He is proposing that som
be taken by tech companies such as his to helpst foreign governments clu
of fake news. We have to give the consumer to actions
this. And we've got to filter out part of it before
there without losing the great openness of available that it was in
Therein lies the rub, how to stop the spread of fa
propaganda without infringing on the right to f
Many people cite the First Amendment's freedo
as though it covers anything and everything a p
ever want to say, but that just isn't so. In a Supe
judgment for when freedom of speech may be law
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes illustrated the potat
that no one has the constitutional right to shout
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to distinguish betwee
was truth
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publish to generate
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it was that it nev
crowded theater when no fire is present, for such cavalry uniform
would pose a "clear and present danger" to public
difficult part will be to determine where the fines
There doesn
it probably we
Some sites attempt to shrug off their respons fight fake new
claiming to be satire sites. The problem with the fact checking
many of them are missing the "satire" part and a landish, and
lishing lies without the biting social critique in if other new
that are usually the key ingredients in satire
someone is
JOAN
GET your facts right
Read the first paragraph.
How is the Internet described?
Congress shall
ournalism"
Read the second paragraph.
What are the limitations of the fundamental right mentioned
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3 Now make a link with the cartoon.
What is the problem posed by the Internet and social med
What motivates people to disseminate false information
Find at least 2 reasons.
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