(1) social media regulation is necessary to deal with fake news. (2) if social media regulation is necessary to deal with fake news then social media platforms should be regulated by the government. -- with modus ponens from (1) (2) -- (3) social media platforms should be regulated by the government.
social media regulation is necessary to deal with fake news.
if social media regulation is necessary to deal with fake news then social media platforms should be regulated by the government.
social media platforms should be regulated by the government? social media should be regulated because a lot of fake news circulates there. for example, during the 2016 election, russia took out ads on facebook promoting  trump and spreading falsehoods about hillary.