The one tool more effective than censorship is noise

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/63085520

The one tool more effective than censorship is noise - Divisions by zero

Why censor truth when you can flood the comm channels with tons of misleading, fabricated, utterly bonkers conspiracy theory bullshit? If 99% is fake news, chances are the people won’t belive that remaining 1%. That’s why Donny et all keeps yelling “freedom of speech” at the top of their lungs in Europe’s general direction. That’s what’s at stake. If Europe imposes journalism standards on social media, it is that much harder to spin crap. Lying to get the power actually works. If Donnie gets his way, Brexit will in retrospect be a mere appetiser.

There lies a responsibility with the people on websites like ours as well. I’ve seen such rubbish written about Trump, Epstein, Elon Musk, etc. and it seriously devalues the credibility of actual valid opposition. There is zero evidence that Trump “shits himself” or is a pedophile or any of these other unsubstantiated claims, and if we want to be taken seriously we mustn’t fall into cosplaying as if they’re true.