That's an appealing image, but we can see which of the those is easier to legislate... my instinct is the populace will voluntarily educate themselves only if t

That's an appealing image, but we can see which of the those is easier to legislate... my instinct is the populace will voluntarily educate themselves only if they can feel the negative effects of 'fake news' in their lives in the short term. Given that we haven't seen much of an uptick in educated discourse online, I would hazard a guess that hasn't happened yet.