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🦠 Media is easily corrupted
👮 Media needs to be policed
🏛️ Media must protect democracy
👮 Media needs to be policed
🏛️ Media must protect democracy
Of course!
Researchers built a social network made of AI bots. They quickly formed cliques, amplified extremes, and let a tiny elite dominate.
The researchers also tested six interventions meant to break the polarization loop. None solved the problem.
www.aol.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Of course!
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This is a very good article that argues we need to rethink what we criticize about social media.
Disinformation isn't the problem - disinformation about what other people *think* is the problem (and I think that meshes well with how partisan the modern world has become, thanks to social media)
Disinformation isn't the problem - disinformation about what other people *think* is the problem (and I think that meshes well with how partisan the modern world has become, thanks to social media)
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics
www.programmablemutter.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is a very good article that argues we need to rethink what we criticize about social media.
Disinformation isn't the problem - disinformation about what other people *think* is the problem (and I think that meshes well with how partisan the modern world has become, thanks to social media)
Disinformation isn't the problem - disinformation about what other people *think* is the problem (and I think that meshes well with how partisan the modern world has become, thanks to social media)
Reposted by Over Social
Platforms like Meta rely on vaccuming up as much of your data as possible and profiting from it.
If you aren't willing to delete your Meta accounts, here's how you can make yourself as invaluable as possible to Meta's advertisers:
gizmodo.com/john-oliver-...
If you aren't willing to delete your Meta accounts, here's how you can make yourself as invaluable as possible to Meta's advertisers:
gizmodo.com/john-oliver-...
John Oliver Set Up a Guide to Make Your Data Less Valuable to Mark Zuckerberg
It's one time it's okay to cheapen yourself.
gizmodo.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Platforms like Meta rely on vaccuming up as much of your data as possible and profiting from it.
If you aren't willing to delete your Meta accounts, here's how you can make yourself as invaluable as possible to Meta's advertisers:
gizmodo.com/john-oliver-...
If you aren't willing to delete your Meta accounts, here's how you can make yourself as invaluable as possible to Meta's advertisers:
gizmodo.com/john-oliver-...