Plus also the root cause, whatever that is. See e.g. Brexit as well.

Democracy requires an educated citizenry. Knowing that, yet choosing to ignore that, made Western nations vulnerable, not only to misinformation spread for reasons like profit and cheap fame, but to active disinformation as well.

But it was our fault for choosing to remain vulnerable. We knew better, but thought that the consequences would never come, so did not change. Oopsie.