All very true. Take new papers and some headline story that turns out to be false and a retraction later on is always hidden away. Same with likes and thumbs

All very true. Take new papers and some headline story that turns out to be false and a retraction later on is always hidden away. Same with likes and thumbs up on viral stories/videos - even a few hours later that it's proven to be fake without any doubts - the likes and thumbs up on that disprove will always fall short of the attention the original fake did. That in is human nature at play more than technology as the old word "rumours" as well as many others plays testament too. So to find a technological solution is not clear cut. Sure, there are upsides to banning and deplatforming, maybe they outway the negative aspects. Really, gets down to constructive debate and critical thinking being installed into our education systems more than what we have today. Which alas seems lacking in many avenues of education still.