To minimize the harm caused by Political Misinformation, change the design of Recommendation.
Intervention:

Recommend Only Verified Users

Definition: Require identity verification before adding content from an account to a recommendation engine.
Intervention Flavors:
Humans Only Graduated Features
Reversible:
Easily Tested + Abandoned
Suitability:
Contextual
Technical Difficulty:
Very Hard
Legislative Target:
Yes

Suggested in a May 2022 Issue of the Atlantic: "The last 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid" (public link) by Jonathan Haidt.

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