There are ways to help prevent it. For example, if social media had a built-in feature for citing scientific papers, that could help a little. There wouldn't re

There are ways to help prevent it. For example, if social media had a built-in feature for citing scientific papers, that could help a little. There wouldn't really be an excuse not to include them. Also, if there was a better way to quantity the validity of papers (while somehow avoiding Goodharts law), that could give people a more efficient way to sort through information. LLMs might help a little, if we could find a way to control for their bias. Another strategy is comparing both extremes of an opinion. GroundNews has employed this strategy. Whether or not it's effective at preventing misinformation, I don't know. But it's an interesting idea. The last and most important preventative technique is to teach people how to avoid confirmation bias. I think that is the source of most misinformation: the gullibility of the general population.