“At present wholesale misinformation is, so far as I know, not (except arguably in certain very restricted domains like securities fraud) illegal in the US.”
Our reading:
As far as the author knows, wholesale misinformation is not illegal in the US except arguably in narrow domains like securities fraud.
Assessment: Can’t be checked
What happened
Not graded on evidence
Outcome: Can’t be checked
An opinion, a recommendation, or too vague to test. Listed, not scored.
Evidence up to . Checked .
Why
Marcus qualified his August 17, 2023 statement with “so far as I know” [marcus-automatic-disinformation-threatens-11c0fe-o1]. The supplied packet does not establish his knowledge on that date [marcus-automatic-disinformation-threatens-11c0fe-p2, stated gaps]. Legal evidence alone cannot settle that knowledge qualification. The statement is therefore not adjudicable as written.
Caveats
- The packet contains no evidence items and reports that no legal research was undertaken.
- This assessment does not establish whether US law prohibited wholesale misinformation on August 17, 2023.
- The statement does not define “wholesale misinformation” or specify the full scope of its exceptions.
Evidence (0 items)
Claims like this aren’t scored, so there is no evidence to show.
How we judged it
- Kind of claim
- Observation
- Deadline
- None given. We don’t add one.
Conditions
- so far as I know (their words)
- except arguably restricted domains like securities fraud (their words)
Where we had to interpret
- “At present” refers to August 17, 2023, the publication date.
- The express qualification “so far as I know” limits the assertion to the speaker's knowledge. It must remain part of the assessment.
- Testing only whether US law generally prohibited misinformation would replace this qualified statement with a firm legal assertion. The supplied assessment rules do not permit that conversion.
We don’t grade claims like this. We only check the quote and who said it.
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Full record
Source and dates
Marcus on AI, Automatic Disinformation Threatens Democracy— and It’s Here, paragraph 10.
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- We read the source
- live page, full text, public
- Evidence up to
- Checked
We read this wording on 2026-10-29. The post may have been edited after 2023-08-17.
Where it was said (1)
Said once in the posts we read.
: Marcus on AI, Automatic Disinformation Threatens Democracy— and It’s Here
At present wholesale misinformation is, so far as I know, not (except arguably in certain very restricted domains like securities fraud) illegal in the US.
- Where
- paragraph 10
- Published
- 2023-08-17
- We read it
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
Versions
- Current: Can’t be checked. Evidence up to 2026-10-28.
What happened to this record
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Held backBy us
The final check failed: the write-up said more than the evidence showed.
Held backBy us
A reviewer said our test wasn’t fair to what was actually said.