Mother Jones has published an article by Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery that I will suggest should be required reading for every Facebook user.
“A country riven by ethnic tension. Spontaneous protests driven by viral memes. Violence and riots fueled by hateful fake-news posts, often about “terrorism” by marginalized groups.
“It’s a story we’ve seen play out around the world recently, from France and Germany to Burma, Sri Lanka, and Nigeria. The particulars are different—gas prices were the trigger in France, lies about machete attacks in Nigeria—but one element has been present every time: Facebook. In each of these countries, the platform’s power to accelerate hate and disinformation has translated into real-world violence.”
You can read the full story at: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/02/how-facebook-screwed-us-all/.
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