Traditionally, the repercussion for lying was loss of reputation/business/relationships. It didn't always work that way, of course, but it was a moderately effe

Traditionally, the repercussion for lying was loss of reputation/business/relationships. It didn't always work that way, of course, but it was a moderately effective dynamic overall. What's new now is that everyone's ability to create a network (and leverage network effects) via social media is tremendously amplified. That means both a reward system for embracing lies as long as the lies agree with in-group beliefs, and a greatly increased ability to spread them. Congress can't legislate that media (or Karen on Twitter for that matter) has to tell the truth -- that's a pretty well established point of law and you'd likely need to amend the Constitution if you wanted wholesale, mandated change. Against the backdrop of that not-gonna-happen-in-our-lifetime heavy lift, the boomlet in deplatforming is actually a pretty good (although I personally dislike it) and organic solution. Private-sector actors are doing what Congress and the Court cannot. Now, does it solve for the dopamine drip and self-reinforcing vitriol that caused our current problem? No. But it does, at least partially, quarantine it.