I’m not particularly knowledgeable on the topic, hopefully someone else can explain or link something more in-depth. But just based on personal experience, have you seen the youtube or twitter algorithms, etc? They basically hand feed you reactionary far-right content regardless of your usage habits. It probably only takes a few minutes within making a new account and clicking on/viewing the content that is shown or recommended to you for it to start showing you reactionary content. And if you interact with those in any way, it will start giving you more and more.
It’s why I wouldn’t mind if my country had age restrictions or outright bans on social media. Most people are too tech illiterate to figure out how to navigate outside of those apps.
The problem with the age restrictions is that it does nothing to actually stop things. The kids can’t make a facebook account, but they can browse 4Chan.
Social media is designed to create fascists.
I would like to hear more about the mechanisms of this.
I’m not particularly knowledgeable on the topic, hopefully someone else can explain or link something more in-depth. But just based on personal experience, have you seen the youtube or twitter algorithms, etc? They basically hand feed you reactionary far-right content regardless of your usage habits. It probably only takes a few minutes within making a new account and clicking on/viewing the content that is shown or recommended to you for it to start showing you reactionary content. And if you interact with those in any way, it will start giving you more and more.
I found a random article talking about it in regards to youtube: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtubes-algorithm-recommends-users-right-wing-religious-content-resea-rcna155478
It’s why I wouldn’t mind if my country had age restrictions or outright bans on social media. Most people are too tech illiterate to figure out how to navigate outside of those apps.
The problem with the age restrictions is that it does nothing to actually stop things. The kids can’t make a facebook account, but they can browse 4Chan.