It's probably more informative to read his speech than to read this LA Times article with it's near-clickbait headline. I get the impression from the comments

It's probably more informative to read his speech than to read this LA Times article with it's near-clickbait headline. I get the impression from the comments that people think Obama's out for government control of social networks, but that's not what he says in his speech. https://barackobama.medium.com/my-remarks-on-disinformation-at-stanford-7d7af7ba28af https://barackobama.medium.com/my-remarks-on-disinformation-... He's not wrong about social media being a potential tool of destruction of democracy either by excessive regulation or excessive deregulation, and lists examples. His question is, can we do better? Is it time to revisit section 230, for example? How do we train ourselves to be resistant to the forces on social media that are actively attempting to manipulate us with clickbait headlines? The speech is worth a read.