Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co...
by specialist on Friday April 24, 2020 @11:40AM
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I'm not so sure. In the public sphere, certainly.
There remain many dark corners, where these pathologies flourish.
Social media just changed the landscape. Engagement maximizing algos birthed outrage cancel culture. It lets people find each other. It accelerates radicalization, both left and especially right leaning.
And the filter bubble keeps these things out of the public sphere.
Things have improved quite a bit. There was just a period where things were brushed under the rug and not acknowledged, but giving internet access to everyone has made us aware of what's been ignored for so long. There are clear bumps of race-motivated crimes or discrimination sometimes, but there's a pretty obvious downward trend in acceptance of it.