Anyone else watch "The Good Fight",[1] the sequel to "The Good Wife"
which I
didn't get drawn into? The first series is showing on More 4, and episode 6,
“Social Media and Its Discontents” which I saw earlier this week, was certainly
one to get me shouting at the television.
An absurd plot, but it had a Chicago law firm acting as "ArbCom" in a ban
appeal
by an attention-seeking troll. Starting with the proposition that websites do
have terms of service, I think I could teach a class on the whole business of
online toxicity and "fake news" by critiquing the handling by the
scriptwriters.
Seriously, I do suggest that "literacy" in these issues should not be left to
TV.
Charles
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Fight