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Social media causes active harm to people, we know that. Social media has also been demonstrably used to help overthrow authoritarian governments. Thus you have
by cloverich 1y ago
Social media causes active harm to people, we know that. Social media has also been demonstrably used to help overthrow authoritarian governments. Thus you have a context-dependent dichotomy in how we view it, and if you eschew the context (and pretend it is purely nationalistic / ethnic), it feels a bit like you are intentionally trying to derail an otherwise productive conversation that could be had instead.
- KaiserPro 1y ago> Social media has also been demonstrably used to help overthrow authoritarian governments. It triggered the arab spring, but after that its pretty much used to pinpoint activists and destroy them before they get a chance to organise.