Responding to plans stated by the Department of "Homeland Security" to control disinformation online, Edward Snowden called for elimination of the DHS.

To eliminate fake news would be a good thing; inventing lies is wrong. However, when governments try to block what they call "fake news", that tends to turn into a campaign of censorship. Whatever news the government dislikes, it calls "fake". Egypt is the latest example to be mentioned here.

A former gun company lobbyist testified to Congress that he left that job because gun companies wanted to market guns directly to right-wing extremists and would-be mass murderers.

Since Biden was elected, they market directly to right-wing extremists that have in mind political violence.

* The big social media platforms don’t reflect back our views so much as form them.*

I am leading to the view that we should regulate recommendation algorithms by law. Perhaps that regulation should include offering each user a choice between different recommendation algorithms, each one regulated by law.

We could even requiring that platforms allow users to program their own recommendation algorithms, in a limited language to avoid risk of breaking the server.

*Progressive Economists Warn of 'Catastrophic Outcomes' for Workers as Fed Hikes Interest Rates.*

Ukraine called on Google and Apple to deny Russia the use of their services and products.