this tenancy is a sort of reverse cargo cult situation; namely, the belief that by removing the symptom, one removes the cause as well.
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RT @jonathanstray
I think we expect far too much of mis/disinfo interventions. Too much of the work in this field rests on the insane implication that we could fix our politics if we just use mass surveillance tools to stop people from saying bad things to each other.
https://twitter.com/jonathanstray/status/1439652293251502084