We don't even have to assume outright mustache-twirling malice on the part of people who manage and design those algorithms that just so happen to boost disinformation.
Incompetence, as per Hanlon's razor, is quite sufficient.
And in the end any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice, just ask the Rohignya.
At some point it doesn't matter if a system was designed to supercharge disinformation, or is being abused for that – if it is allowed to continue doing so.
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