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by jammy01 1519 days ago
Umberto Eco has done some amazing work on the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGPVJvHwXgQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R1pwVAuUmM

Here are a couple of lectures, He argues that the internet is actually a form of information censorship(by multiplication).You can censor information by hiding it(by subtraction) or by presenting so many sources that is it impossible to find the correct one(by multiplication).