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Seventh, consider remedies for healthier discourse. Media literacy is essential: viewers must learn to question source, context, and motive. Platforms can design friction into resharing flows for politically charged content — prompts to read an article before sharing, or labels that identify likely satire. Civil norms can be reinforced by encouraging political speech that targets ideas and policies rather than personal humiliation. Creators and campaigns might commit to standards that avoid identity-based mockery. Finally, public institutions and independent fact-checkers should be supported so they can quickly counter misleading visual claims with accessible explanations.
