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A lot of people on the left (socialists, not Democrats) are also very distrustful of the media and Silicon Valley.

• mojzu 4y ago
  Generally for different reasons though in my (anecdotal) experience The left thinks silicon valley/social media has taken too light of a touch dealing with hate speech, racism, conspiracy theories, etc. and has enabled more radical/loony/violent people to increase their reach and support The right thinks silicon valley/social media has been taking moderation too far and that their speech is being censored or their audience artificially limited to prevent them from reaching more people These statements are probably a bit too generalised, but it does remind me of how many people in the UK see the BBC (the left says it's too conservative, the right say it's too liberal)
• kergonath 4y ago
  There are lots of reasons to be distrustful of “Silicon Valley”. No need for conspiracy theories, and being afraid of e.g. Facebook or Twitter is not necessarily irrational. Media are a bit complicated. I feel a couple of militant outlet have managed to poison the pool by putting in our collective consciousness something like “yeah, we are biased, but all media are biased and we admit it, therefore we are more honest than the others”. That is very worrying as well.