Social media sites are flagging Trump's comments and notifying the audiences when something has been said that is not necessarily true or proven. However, many people are claiming it is not happening fast enough or often enough for the amount of lies that are being spread.
We have seen a little of this before, but in the aftermath of the election it seems to be taking over. Many are saying that Trump's twitter should be deleted in its entirety and blocked until responsibility is taken. Facebook and Twitter both made comments that they are working hard on this and will continue to monitor and flag comments and posts that are spreading false information.
The main question for me here is why did it take so long for us to do that? Especially post election, when a lot of this misinformation should have been flagged the past few months if not the past four years. How come it has taken this long to truly drive this change in the way facts are presented in social media. It is scary how much disinformation and false claims spread around this country through social media. Specifically, throughout the last few days with engagement from hundreds of thousands of people posting hashtags such as #voterfraud or #stopthecount. How do we as a society hold these platforms accountable for education and ensure they are not a part of the larger issue of misinformation in this country.
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