Well, I think the main reason of such problems is the social media platforms. In Google, in Safari or in Instagram, there is not such a people, such stuff, who are specialized in checking the validity of the information. This platform just works as a tool, as a place where people get entertainment, where people find data, whether it’s wrong or false. So I think they need to first limit these programs, or even if they don’t limit it, they need to add some special filters which detects the raw data, which detects the wrong data and only provides the correct authentic data, authentic information so that people and students can find reliable information regarding today’s school project regarding on their topic that they are working on. So this would be really beneficial. the second layer that they need to also find the people who spreads the misinformation, who spreads fake news, and by doing so we could restrict it.
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Well, I think the main reason for such problems is the social media platforms. In Google, Safari, or Instagram, there are not enough people who are specialized in checking the validity of the information. These platforms just work as tools, as places where people get entertainment and find data, whether it's wrong or false. So I think they need to first limit these programs, or even if they don't limit them, they need to add special filters that detect false data and only provide correct, authentic information. This way, people and students can find reliable information for their school projects and the topics they are working on. This would be really beneficial. The second layer is that they also need to identify the people who spread misinformation and fake news, and by doing so, we could restrict it.
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