Do you think Social Media has been Bad or Good for a peaceful Society.

by pistolpete 4 Replies latest social current

  • pistolpete
    pistolpete

    It does not matter if your political ideology leans to the far left, to the far right, or somewhere in the middle, we are all humans, and as humans, we are not immune to bias.

    Freeness of Speech in the United States gives about 350 million citizens, plus an UN-measurable amount of global citizens to say whatever they want and spread any ideology they want on Social Media, to sway their audiences to their line of thought.

    Social media is a very powerful platform. For example Facebook has about 2.23 Billion Monthly Active Users

    YouTube has about 1.9 Billion MAUs

    WhatsApp about 1.5 Billion MAUs

    There are 145 million daily active users on Twitter.

    And so on.

    The owners of these websites can choose what gets deleted and what doesn’t, so their bias enters the picture.

    There are some restrictions on Free Speech, here are some examples

    https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/what-does

    If anything is powerful enough to change the world, it will be Social Media

    It’s not about Truth and Justice anymore.

    It’s about those who can sway the most masses of people globally.

    Is this a good thing-----or is this a bad thing.

  • pistolpete
    pistolpete

    Here is an example posted today of Facebook deleting a video based on bias. And since it's a private business, they have the authority to delete anything they want.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=punjBhQG__s

  • minimus
    minimus

    Social media has some obvious pros. But people tend to follow the crowd and everyone wants a like. Social media is very biased. Still if I want to see how friends and family are doing, social media can be beneficial.

  • JoenB75
    JoenB75

    Facebook is a private business that a frightening number of people use for private matters and more or less fruitful exchanges. Now many conservative people experience that they are censored and have fallen into the Zuckerberg web. Not easy to find an alternative.

  • dubstepped
    dubstepped

    Life isn't binary and neither is social media. It's both good and bad, like most things.

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