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I read someones comment that put this into perspective, here was the basic take: In repressive regimes, social media is a boon for the general public to organi
by slivanes 5y ago
I read someones comment that put this into perspective, here was the basic take:
In repressive regimes, social media is a boon for the general public to organize and resist.
In established democracies, social media has slow insidious negative effect on the general population, typically propaganda supplied by the disillusioned and said repressive regimes.
- lupire 5y agoSocial media triggered the Arab Spring which destroyed nations.
- unishark 5y agoI think this is an aspect of a general network security problem. Another example is how the internet or phone system turns people in developing countries into targets for scammers worldwide. We just assume it's a inherently good thing that everyone can be connected to anyone else. But these are the downsides it creates.