> Avoiding WWIII is in both companies and the publication intrest. So is avoiding ecological collapse e.g. by depleting all natural resources. Yet, for each ac

> Avoiding WWIII is in both companies and the publication intrest. So is avoiding ecological collapse e.g. by depleting all natural resources. Yet, for each actor individually, person or company, there are higher incentives to harvest from the commons. This is a called 'tragedy of the commons'. Most popular economic strategies and certainly most corporations act in their own interest. In the case of Facebook and fake news, that means doing whatever yields more advertising revenue.