Platforms' current attempts to regulate misinformation amplify opinion power
Thomas Paine&#x27;s &quot;Common Sense&quot; and &quot;The American Crisis&quot; would have been considered &quot;misinformation&quot;, &quot;propaganda&quot; or &quot;harmful content&quot;. These are considered &quot;the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain&quot; (Wikipedia)<p>So many of the great discoveries in science were controversial in their time. &quot;On the Origin of Species&quot;, expanding universe, microbiology. Do you really want the government deciding what is acceptable? No, we don&#x27;t. We fought a revolution to have the ability to think for ourselves.<p>I&#x27;m not that worried though. Even if platforms are subjectively regulated by companies or the government, life seems to find a way. There are plenty of other mechanisms to publish scientific breakthroughs.