The tech giants are paying millions of dollars to the operators of clickbait pages, bankrolling the deterioration of information ecosystems around the world.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/11/20/1039076/facebook-google-disinformation-clickbait/
Everyone thought it was cool to take selfies doing crimes until the FBI got all their data from Google and said hello.
https://www.vox.com/recode/22867000/january-6-fbi-search-facebook-google-insurrection