Mark Warner on social media threats:

[Qutzupalotl]

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Instead of complaining that internet trolls and conspiracy peddlers aren't getting as many retweets these days, what if the President of the United States used his platform to lead and address the real challenges we face regarding social media?

I’ve got a few ideas about where we can start.

First, we need to get serious about the ongoing vulnerabilities to social media misinformation by Russia and other bad actors. The #HonestAds Act would apply the same transparency rules for political TV, radio, and print ads to online political ads.

.... much more at link:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1149347389725130755.html

[Qutzupalotl]

1. More proposals here:

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I’ve put forward some broader proposals for combating disinformation, protecting user privacy, and promoting competition in the tech space in a white paper that’s intended to get the conversation started. If you’re interested, you can give it a read here:
https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/7/read-the-warner-social-media-white-paper

[JudyM]

2. Glad to see my senator working on this. Including "their cat videos" in that statement was cute.