Social media and sites like YouTube make it possible for anybody to instantly reach an audience far larger than ever possible with previous generation media, wh

Social media and sites like YouTube make it possible for anybody to instantly reach an audience far larger than ever possible with previous generation media, which provided at least some filtering and fact checking. This makes the stakes a lot higher when people are deliberately spreading misinformation. I don't know what the solution is but there are going to have to be some limits on what's allowed.