Spain Announces Bill to Force Social Media Users to “Correct” Posts Containing “Fake” Information

Who decides the nature of ultimate reality?

Well, the government, obviously.

And if you don’t agree with them, you will pay the ultimate price.

The Guardian:

Spain’s leftwing government has announced a bill extending a requirement to publish corrections to posts by digital platforms and social media influencers in an attempt to fight disinformation.

The draft law replaces legislation from 1984 and targets internet users who have more than 100,000 followers on a single platform or 200,000 across several, the justice ministry said in a statement.

These outlets and the platforms that host them must have a mechanism to facilitate citizens’ right to ask that false or inaccurate information that harms them be corrected publicly, the ministry said.

Félix Bolaños

The correction request will no longer have to be addressed to the outlet’s director because confirming their identity is difficult for many “pseudo media”, justice minister Félix Bolaños told a press conference.

We’re making life more difficult for those who dedicate themselves to lies and spreading fake news every day, and, therefore, it is good news for democracy,” Bolaños added.

It’s not good news for democracy. Or maybe it is. I don’t actually know what that word means.

I do know that you can’t have a free society if you don’t trust the people to be able to decide what their own beliefs are.

See: If Fake News is a Problem for Democracy, Then Democracy is a Problem