Misinformation on Twitter
by Alan M. Dershowitz
December 21, 2018 at 5:00 am
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13446/dershowitz-twitter-misinformation Lying to the FBI is not a crime if the lie is not material.
"[18 U.S. Code §] 1001 explicitly requires that the lie must be material. The statute (a2) reads '...makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation;'" — Alan M. Dershowitz, on Twitter.
If Twitter users wish to spread stories as pseudo-reporters, they must also fact-check what they publish. If they do not, they become complicit in the spreading of disinformation.
