It validates that narrative, but that must be weighed against how access to platforms allows them to influence the dominant narrative, especially where kids etc

It validates that narrative, but that must be weighed against how access to platforms allows them to influence the dominant narrative, especially where kids etc are concerned. The YouTube recommendation engine is a far bigger culprit. It doesn't take many clicks to go from fairly innocuous, but kid-popular stuff like H3H3 or PewDiePie to one anti-sjw or cultural war video and then the recommendation engine will hand hold them right down the right wing extremism tunnel (or continually show up until they do)