why these companies do not do more to combat misinformation and disinformation on other topics all the time.24 Of course, tech executives can be expected to bristle at this characterization, preferring to highlight the number of accounts they have closed and the number of messages they have taken down. But this always reminds me a bit of the “greenwashing” advertisements one sees from ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies talking about their efforts to research algae and other alternative fuels, even though this accounts for less than 1 percent of their annual research budget.25 Companies
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