Dan Williams, a philosopher, writes about misinformation, social media, public opinion, and how people form beliefs.
HN links it for essays arguing the case against social media and the threat of misinformation are weaker than commonly claimed.
The case against social media is pretty weak.
https://www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/the-case-against-social-media-is
Meanwhile Australia has the largest per capita losses on gambling in the world.
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/gambling
Which the government doesn't care about. This may have something to do that people don't criticise the government when they are just losing their life's savings.