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They can remove the entire newsfeed and remove the ability for users to share links?

Oh wait, nevermind, this is "Combating Misinformation WHILE STAYING a multibillion rev business who makes money from users' attention"




You might as well ask to shut down the whole Internet. Even if Facebook disappears tomorrow, there are plenty of other social platforms to allow the spread of disinformation.


Gotta starve the beast somehow. Then worry about the other minnows.


There are plenty of other beasts, with different revenue streams and incentives, that are ready to fill the power/market vacuum.




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