I agree that it's a difficult social and political problem. Interestingly, companies are fine banning hate speech, for which the same can be said. There might

I agree that it's a difficult social and political problem. Interestingly, companies are fine banning hate speech, for which the same can be said. There might be better solutions. One idea is to pay nonpartisan organizations to fact check viral posts. Another is to reduce the use of engagement as a metric, which tends to promote emotionally charged rather than factual content. For example, in January Facebook committed to prioritizing "meaningful social interactions".