The answer to this seems to be deciding YouTube videos are authoritative. Or other completely random sources which don't offer any credible evidence that their narrative is any better than the mainstream sources.
Most people are going to believe what they see on their screens. Therefore, it’s important to the regime to influence what gets amplified or suppressed.
So, in your book, the US is under a regime now? A junta?
I belive actual underlings of oppressive regimes around the world would beg to differ.
This is true, but I think some are trying to have one space that isn't overwhelmed with these divisive conversations. It still leaks in, but the discourse usually doesn't degenerate into nastiness as much as I see on other sites.