I think that disinformation has been and will always be a problem, although certainly platforms like Facebook etc have made it more easy for it to be disseminated. The reason it will always be a problem is that many people believe what they want to believe, regardless of facts.

This does not really bother me. Maybe it should, but I just don't really see it as my problem.

I'm just saying that even without disinformation, some people will just believe what they want to without taking any of the facts into account (even in cases where the facts are accurately represented).

Speaking of disinformation, anyone else remember Judith Miller's disinformation campaign at the NYTimes in support of Bush's Iraq invasion? Whenever a corporation or government decides what you can or cannot say, can or cannot read or see, they dictate what you can think. They have in effect become the thought police. Who will watch the watchers?