which brings us to our second area requiring transparency: responsible disclosure of government engagement itself.

activists keep the focus primarily on the cause, not themselves.

a shared objective to unite and propel members to act in the common interest.

Right now, notifications about sensational ragebait, Main Character harassment mobs, or feeds that reward spamming are the default. But three broad design shifts could mitigate these destructive dynamics and minimize the risk of technical triumphs becoming social disasters. The first applies Simon’s guidance to the curation systems that steer our

“freedom of speech not freedom of reach”

some news outlet somewhere has written the story you want to believe;

Posts that are beginning to go viral could be thrown into a queue for a crowd-sourced fact-check,

“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”

The final role for government in ensuring transparency is to empower independent researchers.