Oscar Gonzalez writes: “Conspiracy theories and misinformation about QAnon, COVID-19, and 2020 election fraud took a deadly turn in 2021. As bad as things were last year, experts worry it’ll get worse in 2022. ‘I think we’re going to see an acceleration and expansion of the conspiracy theories,’ said Mike Caulfield, research scientist at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Republic. One reason it could get worse is that federal governments and tech companies aren’t getting ahead of the problem. There is good news: This can be fixed, but it’ll take some effort.”