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From the Ted Talk by Sinan Aral: How we can protect truth in the age of misinformation

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Third, we can think about regulation, and certainly, we should think about this option. In the United saetts, currently, we are exploring what might happen if fcebaook and others are regulated. While we should consider things like regulating political speech, labeling the fact that it's piltoaicl speech, making sure foreign actors can't fund political speech, it also has its own dangers. For instance, Malaysia just iitentstud a six-year prison sentence for anyone found serandpig misinformation. And in authoritarian rmgeies, these kinds of policies can be used to suppress minority opinions and to continue to extend repression.

Open Cloze

Third, we can think about regulation, and certainly, we should think about this option. In the United ______, currently, we are exploring what might happen if ________ and others are regulated. While we should consider things like regulating political speech, labeling the fact that it's _________ speech, making sure foreign actors can't fund political speech, it also has its own dangers. For instance, Malaysia just __________ a six-year prison sentence for anyone found _________ misinformation. And in authoritarian _______, these kinds of policies can be used to suppress minority opinions and to continue to extend repression.

Solution

  1. political
  2. states
  3. instituted
  4. facebook
  5. spreading
  6. regimes

Original Text

Third, we can think about regulation, and certainly, we should think about this option. In the United States, currently, we are exploring what might happen if Facebook and others are regulated. While we should consider things like regulating political speech, labeling the fact that it's political speech, making sure foreign actors can't fund political speech, it also has its own dangers. For instance, Malaysia just instituted a six-year prison sentence for anyone found spreading misinformation. And in authoritarian regimes, these kinds of policies can be used to suppress minority opinions and to continue to extend repression.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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synthetic video 2
artificial intelligence 2
press pass 2
economic motive 2
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ngrams of length 3

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news exhibited significantly 2
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