Proper information is readily available, and everyone on social media has been constantly exhorted to avoid scams.

At this point if people are being taken in by the really obvious and bald lies, the problem isn't a lack of information. They're just plain stupid.

Social media is allowing both views and the against is winning. But the mainstream media is under the thumb of fcc and too afraid to challenge so they keep neutral (or like Fox is a cheerleading) and that's where the disinformation is coming from.