Web of Deceit

Snowden complained that Google churned out misinformation and disinformation in addition to the right answer. Since Google is a search engine, rather than a knowledge engine, misinformation and disinformation served on the web, indexed by Google, pose real problems. Clearly, everyone should be educated to verify Internet content. However, the situation today has roots deeper than a search engine. The fundamental tenet of Internet freedom, net neutrality, specifically allowed misinformation and disinformation to be established and spread through the entire network.

Digital rights activists tend to view net neutrality as a sacred principle, and yet refuse to accept the logical conclusion that proliferation of bullshit is protected. Freedom of speech accentuated by the Internet may produce bullshit at gigantic scale. It's hard to argue against freedom of speech. Thus, the hope is to reduce amplification of bullshit on the Internet. Banning accounts help, but systematic resolution requires much more work. Knowledge engine, in addition to search engine, is a possible way out, but the complexity is likely extremely high that quality will be a issue. Wolfram|Alpha is not very successful. Are there other approaches?

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