[thriftwy]

The Internet was created with the implicit idea that everybody brings their stuff (including news) to the table and then the best one wins. Back then the US/Free World ones were clearly the best.

If you want nobody in your country to read any news procured by China/Russia, this kind of defeats the original idea. You've now built something else entirely - like a glorified teletext or minitel.

[rightbyte]

Ye I think this is the underlying problem.

The Man® want us to only read his fake news to be able to get away with whatever they wanna push.

One fundamental precondition for a functional democracy is the right to be wrong, since that is judged arbitrary anyways.

The problem with manipulation stems from algorithmic ad feeds anyways. E.g. chronological 'my friends only' feeds did not have that problem.