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Are you serious? The report warns that social media “are now tilting dangerously toward illiberalism” as more governments and “unscrupulous partisan operatives
by novaRom 6y ago
Are you serious?
The report warns that social media “are now tilting dangerously toward illiberalism” as more governments and “unscrupulous partisan operatives” use social media for repressive purposes. These include not only malign propaganda campaigns at home and abroad, but also growing government use of social media for mass surveillance. “As a result of these trends,” Freedom House reports, “global internet freedom declined for the ninth consecutive year in 2019.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/seanlawson/2019/11/07/evidence-mounts-of-social-medias-negative-impacts-for-democracy/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/seanlawson/2019/11/07/evidence-...