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Do you not think the outcome is more easily achieved though a social network than it is for a book, newspaper or radio?
by iamacyborg 6y ago
Do you not think the outcome is more easily achieved though a social network than it is for a book, newspaper or radio?
- temp8964 6y agoI don't know which one is easy.
- throwaway316943 6y agoSocial networks existed before the internet.
- hertzrat 6y agoEasier or not, there have been literal witch burnings for centuries, mob “justice”, racism, superstition, willful abuse against minorities... inspired by “popular” trends for millennia.
- iamacyborg 6y agoThere's a difference in scale and speed between witch burning mobs and fake info being spread on whatsapp. The latter likely has killed more.
- hertzrat 6y agoIf you have a reference for that, it would make an interesting read
- iamacyborg 6y agohttps://www.wired.com/story/how-whatsapp-fuels-fake-news-and-violence-in-india/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-whatsapp-fuels-fake-news-and... The genocide in Myanmar is also heavily linked to fake news spread on fb and whatsapp.