Re: Not going to happen
"The mere fact that people can keep repeating well known lies as if they were truths.. ...."
That was happening well before the likes of FB et al, I suspect that particular aspect of population manipulation goes back centuries.
Not to say that dismantling much of the current social media wouldn't be beneficial for the world.
The biggest dangers of modern social media is the speed of the propogation of new lies or memes.