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geofft on Feb 5, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive med...

This seems reasonable, but I'm a bit worried you're being sarcastic. Are you worried about this for some reason? Maybe scared of something you read in a fiction book once? Is this a good idea in reality?

pequalsnp on Feb 5, 2020 [–]

He is paraphrasing parts of 1984 by George Orwell.

Your comment must be sarcastic as well. Please tell me that you don't actually believe that the government should hold a monopoly on truth...

geofft on Feb 5, 2020 | [–]

Yeah, I'm aware there's a fictional book being referenced. Back in the real world - what does "monopoly on truth" mean?

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