How to Stop Misinformation’s Spread Before It’s Even Shared | WIRED

It's never been easier for mistruths to go viral, and content moderation is inadequate. What social media needs is some old-fashioned friction.

Save this story Save this story In July of 1588, the Spanish armada’s hundred-plus ships and 26,000 men set sail for England, to overthrow the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I and restore Catholic rule. After two months at sea, the fleet fought English forces off the coast of France in a series of fierce battles. News of the outcome spread across Europe, and many learned that the armada had, as expected, won the day and crushed the English fleet. Catholics celebrated in the streets, and Protestants feared sanction as geopolitics whirred to life. Many days later, the opposite news arrived: The Engl

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