I was distressed in reading the reports yesterday that the top trending video on YouTube was a conspiracy theory that Florida school shooting survivor, and one of the organizers of the "March for Our Lives", David Hogg, is an actor; more precisely, a "crisis actor" -- someone who is "paid to pretend to have been affected by a tragedy for political purposes."

Other social media platforms are likewise inundated with posts of conspiracy theories.

With the overwhelming reporting of "meddling", we should be more aware and sensitive to what's going on. Social media, the platforms, and those who are "on" them, are, or should be, well-aware of the unreliability of "information" posted.

One can only speculate as to the sources. Perhaps there is, or will be, push-back.

The platforms profess that they are making efforts to stop this… and yet, it continues. Perhaps nothing can be done.

P.S. I was somewhat heartened later in the day to learn that some of the postings had been taken down.