>May I ask for the empirical proof that they protect narratives? I am not sure what kind of proof you expect. The Protocols of the Elders of Snopes? I guess mo

>May I ask for the empirical proof that they protect narratives? I am not sure what kind of proof you expect. The Protocols of the Elders of Snopes? I guess most of the time it is simply an emergent phenomenon of like-minded people working together. Maybe they don't even think deeply enough to fully realize what they are doing (Are We The Baddies?). >I dislike the need for centralized censorship in the hands of for-profit corporations having the power to manipulate the population’s view on anything, but not doing anything is just passing the same power to government-funded bot networks that will upvote/reshare their own propaganda. That's a false dichotomy. >And we have seen how russian state-propaganda (in part) managed to elect a Russian-friendly president and even start a resurrection. If Russia can swing a presidential election in the US using only $200,000, imagine what for-profit corporations and media are doing.