Sarah B. Rogers

Now, I want to say something about labeling.

Now, I want to say something about labeling.

So

So

Labeling videos sounds, oh, it's just transparency.

Labeling videos sounds, oh, it's just transparency.

What could be wrong with that?

What could be wrong with that?

People should know if fact checkers think that something is wrong.

People should know if fact checkers think that something is wrong.

And I think my office's approach on that is it depends on who's putting the label on there and for what purpose.

And I think my office's approach on that is it depends on who's putting the label on there and for what purpose.

So a lot of these disinformation NGOs, it was almost like the Red Scare.

So a lot of these disinformation NGOs, it was almost like the Red Scare.

They would make a list of outlets that were spreading disinformation, but they wouldn't just publish that list.

They would make a list of outlets that were spreading disinformation, but they wouldn't just publish that list.

they would send it around to the credit card companies, the payment processors, and suggest with kind of an implicit government imprimatur, because they're all government funded, as David very, very relevantly points out, like, you know, you guys really shouldn't be funding these websites.

they would send it around to the credit card companies, the payment processors, and suggest with kind of an implicit government imprimatur, because they're all government funded, as David very, very relevantly points out, like, you know, you guys really shouldn't be funding these websites.

And the websites would never know why, and the viewer would never know why.

And the websites would never know why, and the viewer would never know why.