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Here's a bunch of interrelated links: https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktok-prompting-users-follow-far-right-extremist-accounts https://www.mediamatters.o
by vrganj 6mo ago
Here's a bunch of interrelated links:
https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktok-prompting-users-follow-far-right-extremist-accounts https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktok-prompting-users-f...
https://www.dcu.ie/antibullyingcentre/recommending-toxicity# https://www.dcu.ie/antibullyingcentre/recommending-toxicity#
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/06/social-media-algorithms-amplifying-misogynistic-content https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/06/social-media-a...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/technology/facebook-like-share-buttons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/technology/facebook-like-...
https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464445 https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boo...
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-men-and-women-most-divided-on-gender-equality-global-study-shows https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-men-and-women-most-divided-...
I see the societal turmoil and strife this will feed as much more dangerous and concrete than some abstract high-minded discussion about slippery slopes. Our society is being torn apart as we speak. We don't have the luxury of philosophizing about what-ifs.
- afpx 6mo ago[dead]