• dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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      21 hours ago

      Are there plenty of dumb as door nails graduates with millions of followers on social media though? Because this is what this legislation is supposed to target. Basically if Trump was in “Chyna”, he’d be in jail already for spewing nonsense non-stop on stuff that he knows nothing about, because he’s not actually educated on it.

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        21 hours ago

        yes lol, look at any conservative influencer on American tv. they all have degrees.

        i don’t think this law would actualy change much here in the states. almost every dangerous spreader of misinfo i can think of did in fact graduate college in some way.

        i can’t possibly see this law s anything but a tool to control online speech rather than a tool to fight disinformation.

        if the goal of to reduce disinformation then this law will be ineffective.

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          18 hours ago

          They have to have a degree on the relevant topic. I assume most of those influences have business degrees or whatever that wouldn’t qualify them to speak on the dangers of vaccines.

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      1 day ago

      MBA’s and nursing degrees come to mind. Is there a group as educated and just as likely to fall for a MLM scam?