>I have even less confidence that we can do anything about the disinformation >Google putting an info box like that on conspiracy content is even more evidence

>I have even less confidence that we can do anything about the disinformation >Google putting an info box like that on conspiracy content is even more evidence that it must be true, because Google is in on it. Yeah, it's disheartening to say the least. I know someone who was sucked in and her thought processes have completely changed. These ideas are like living parasites: fiercely self-protective to the point of impenetrability. The ideas become fused with their identities, so criticizing the theories is attacking the person and the world becomes binary: you're either in or out. And, if you're out, well then you're part of the conspiracy (or duped by it). It's very much like what you read about cult-conditioning. So, I've seen the logic: If Google instead removed it altogether, someone would screenshot it and make the claim that "Google tried to hide it". If Google just disallowed it in the first place or banned accounts, then that becomes evidence of a bigger conspiracy and, additionally, the freedom of speech arguments enter (as if there are no exceptions). So, I'm not sure that it's winnable in our current social media formats. Too many motivated bad actors with troll-farms and bots; and too many fertile minds who are growing more and more agitated, and whose worldviews and identities now rely on the disinfo. So, we've got a problem with both supply and demand.