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Facebook &Twitter profited from the artificially ginned up engagement from platforming covid disinformation. And climate disinformation. And election denial.

It cost billions in lost economic activity in several industries besides tourism.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/09/politics/big-oil-disinformation-record-profits-climate/index.html

https://en.unesco.org/covid19/disinfodemic/coronavirusfacts

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/17/covid-misinformation-conspiracy-theories-ccdh-report

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cost-of-covid-19-misinformation-study-1.6726356