When we deal with misinformation and disinformation, first of all, it often causes other things to happen criminally. It causes people to be more defensive, creating an environment where people feel they have to protect themselves sometimes. The other thing it does is that it diverts the resources that we could be using on frontline enforcement to verify and follow up on the information, and correct and re-enter that information. Obviously, it does divert us from what we need to do.
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