Reckless Associations: A New Tort for a New Information Ecosystem

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On Feb. 24, a poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 16 percent of Americans believe the central tenets of the QAnon conspiracy. That figure is larger than it was shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. But lawmakers are still struggling to figure out how to handle the conspiracy theory problem. Neither policymakers nor large tech companies have figured out how to temper the extremism that breeds on social media without messing up social media. 

Most political leaders want to regulate the largest social media platforms to deal with the current misinformation and bias problems, but a veritable who’s who of internet law sc

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