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"German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday decried the online phenomenon of "fake sites" and "trolls" and said such attempts to manipulate public opinion must be confronted and, if necessary, regulated.

"Something has changed – as globalization has marched on, [political] debate is taking place in a completely new media environment. Opinions aren't formed the way they were 25 years ago," Merkel told parliament, according to the German edition of the English-language news website, The Local. "Today we have fake sites, bots, trolls – things that regenerate themselves, reinforcing opinions with certain algorithms."

Merkel called for regulation, if necessary.

"We have to learn to deal with this," she said.

Merkel, who recently announced she is running for a fourth term, alluded to recent Western political upheaval – British exit from the European Union, the election of Donald Trump. 

"A lot of people are concerned about the stability of our social order," Merkel said. "Suddenly it seems that what we considered self-evident isn't that self-evident after all.""

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-11-23/germanys-angela-merkel-warns-against-internet-trolls-fake-websites

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Morphine Prince

The problem is the lack of education as well. 

People can't discern between what's real and what isn't. 

Facts are irrelevant to these people. 

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Delusional Aura
3 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

The problem is the lack of education as well. 

People can't discern between what's real and what isn't. 

Facts are irrelevant to these people. 

:golfclap:

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ItsTommyBitch
26 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

The problem is the lack of education as well. 

People can't discern between what's real and what isn't. 

Facts are irrelevant to these people. 

This this this :giveup:

Uneducated white male voters where you at :green: 

私自身もこの世の中も誰もかれもが, どんなに華やかな人生でも, どんなに悲惨な人生でも, いつかは変貌し, 破壊され、消滅してしまう. すべてがもともとこの世に存在しない一瞬の幻想なのだから
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The Fame Joanne
1 minute ago, Bette Davis said:

Can we borrow her for 4 years? Thanks in advance, Simon ;)

No, but you can have him :lolga:

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She needs to deal with the fact that in this day and age politicians can't lie no more and can't fabricate those fake stories and then do different sh i t behind the scenes for money, oil and so on. We all woke now and there's nothing to 'regulate', she talks about "trolls" and fake articles but really what she really wants to end is internet activism and WikiLeaks things of that sort. Well guess what, you can't, it's over

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