{"id":1423295,"date":"2022-04-07T08:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T12:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423295"},"modified":"2022-04-07T08:46:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T12:46:07","slug":"barack-obama-backs-internet-controls-to-grapple-with-the-demand-for-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barack-obama-backs-internet-controls-to-grapple-with-the-demand-for-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama Backs Internet Controls to Grapple with the &#039;Demand for Crazy&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbarack-obama-backs-internet-controls-to-grapple-with-the-demand-for-crazy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423295&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Government regulation and control over the internet can defeat a \u201cdemand for crazy\u201d through the spread of incorrect messages, former President Barack Obama said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Obama, 60,\u00a0<a class href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=guO3_7pn7FI&#038;t=7552s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">spoke<\/a>\u00a0with <em>Atlantic<\/em> editor Jeffrey Goldberg at an event hosted by the University of\u00a0Chicago\u2019s Institute of Politics and the magazine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI do think that there is a demand for crazy on the internet that we have to grapple with,\u201d Obama said, before adding\u00a0a mix of regulation and industry standards are needed to address the issue.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Obama lamented how misinformation plays out across the U.S., accusing those who say President Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election as guilty of falling for conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p>The former president blamed smartphones for accelerating \u201can erosion of accountability norms and standards in political life\u201d from 2010 onwards.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter has permanently banned the account of the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h5i5pfbBXO\">https:\/\/t.co\/h5i5pfbBXO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1347690365617397760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once the creation of social media occurred, the type of rhetoric was able to \u201cspread and accelerate,\u201d he said, putting those who challenge medical opinions on coronavirus vaccinations as suffering from the same delusions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoughly 40 percent of the country appears convinced that the current president was elected fraudulently and that the election was rigged\u201d he claimed, with about 30-35 percent rejecting vaccines for coronavirus which he called a \u201cmedical miracle\u201d that had been clinically tested by a billion people.<\/p>\n<p>The former president appeared to be citing a\u00a0Axios-Momentive\u00a0<a class href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/jan\/05\/america-biden-election-2020-poll-victory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a>\u00a0from January which found 40 percent of Americans still do not believe Biden is the legitimate winner of his 2020 election against Trump.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government regulation and control over the internet can defeat a \u201cdemand for crazy\u201d through the spread of incorrect messages, former President Barack Obama said Wednesday. 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