Target misinformation's tails

Most people receive little false or inflammatory content online; instead, consumption and risk are heavily concentrated among a small, motivated fringe. Policies and platform rules should therefore focus on preventing extreme, high‑exposure pathways (the distribution tails), improve transparency and researcher access, and prioritize evidence from non‑Western contexts where harms may be greater. — It reframes regulation from broad platform‑level censorship or algorithm blame toward targeted interventions for the small but high‑risk consumers and channels that produce real‑world harm, changing enforcement, research, and international priorities.