Everyone has different beliefs but the facts remain the same. You can say for example the earth is flat, that's your belief, but when it comes down to the facts you're wrong. What you should allow yourself to know are the facts you can confirm. I agree with you on how many people do lie on social media but it shouldn't be hard to debunk them.

Social media keeps us informed and updated about everything that's happening around us.

Social media platforms help us alert one another to a million and one different problems. In the process, the existence of social media can prod citizens to seek solutions to a large problem.

Yes but so can everywhere else on the internet, you cant be gullible to believe everything on the internet. You can also keep educating yourself on the topic to see who is lying and to see who is telling the truth -Junior

For people to govern themselves, they need to have information. They also need to be able to convey it to others. Social media platforms make that easier. Being able to relay information to anyone anywhere in the world. It's easy to use something like Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, and other platforms to be able to get the information that you are looking for since its filled with everything that you need.