Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Without money behind it, the full-blown assault on knowledge and erudition would go quiet on all fronts, not just on Facebook.

So, the solution is simple: we to ban paid-for speech. If you can staunch the flow of money into social media by way of troll-farms and political ads, I think this would help a lot. Even better if you could ban so-called "news" organizations that are little more than for-profit PR firms. At the very least, we need spend real money to expose and eliminate troll farms, including attacking such organizations in their home countries.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: