The problem with a lot of large companies (especially social media ones) is that they're stuck trying to solve non technical problems with tech because actually

The problem with a lot of large companies (especially social media ones) is that they're stuck trying to solve non technical problems with tech because actually solving them any other way isn't scalable. The solution to misinformation in a community would likely be community management/moderation, but that can't scale to the size of something like Facebook or Twitter. Hence the awkard tech 'solutions' that don't work.