Policing truth in the Trump era

Unless telling the truth serves the bottom line, it is futile to expect social media companies to change course.

On October 6, US President Donald Trump posted a tweet claiming that the common flu sometimes kills ‘over 100,000’ Americans in a year. ‘Are we going to close down our Country?’ he asked. ‘No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!’