its amazing that this exact scenario was described in Metal Gear Solid 2, a ~20 year old video game.
>Colonel : But in the current, digitized world, trivial information is accumulating every second, preserved in all its triteness. Never fading, always accessible.
>Rose : Rumors about petty issues, misinterpretations, slander...
>Colonel : All this junk data preserved in an unfiltered state, growing at an alarming rate.
>Rose : It will only slow down social progress, reduce the rate of evolution.