The Biology of Disinformation – Memes, media viruses, and cultural inoculation

Pleasing enough conclusion. Of course, localism has little to offer when the facts are on the other side of the world, or in a closed boardroom meeting:

  Memetic countermeasures only further weaponize the
  environment. Upgraded algorithmic filtering of
  dangerous memes can only result in a technological
  arms race between memetic engineers and platform
  censors. As collateral damage, it adds black boxes to
  the space of public discourse, magnifying distrust while
  doing nothing to arm the human beings against memetic
  provocation. It is also unlikely that publicly traded
  companies dependent on the perception of the size and
  centrality of their platforms would voluntarily restrict the
  activity of the bots and algorithms generating such a
  high volume of activity.
  
  While a turnkey, technological solution to the problem
  of memetic attack is certainly an appealing prospect,
  the strengthening of local, human social relationships is
  the surest countermeasure to ideological warfare that
  depends on alienation for its survival.