Sent: 13 April 2020 11:53
To: 'info@eff.org' <info@eff.org>
Subject: Social (Media) Distancing
Hi
I don’t know who else to share this one thought with, so I hope you do not mind me sending it to EFF.
Simply – viral misinformation spreads due to it’s infectivity which, in the light of Covid-19 may as well be thought of as its R0. Social media might be asked to reduce the R0 by making it slightly harder to share/retweet/like any posts, for example by requiring the user’s password for each share/retweet/like.
This Social Media Distancing would be immediately implementable, and is separable from the technical and ethical complexities of censorship.
Thank you for everything that you do.
Jim Cromwell
UK