Hi Listers,

Interesting discourse in light of what is happening locally as we prepare for the elections.

Best Regards

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From: Richard Hill via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org>
Date: Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 4:40 PM
Subject: [Internet Policy] How social platforms affect political discourse
To: Internetpolicy@Elists. Isoc. Org <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org>


This article contends that social platforms have had negative effects on political discourse in the USA:

 

  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/

 

It confirms what McChesney found earlier:

 

  http://boundary2.org/2015/04/08/the-internet-vs-democracy/

 

And is consistent with what Doctorow says:

 

http://www.boundary2.org/2021/04/richard-hill-the-curse-of-concentration-review-of-cory-doctorow-how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism/


Best,

Richard

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