Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi...
by mschuster91 on Monday November 23, 2020 @08:14AM
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> That's complete and utter conspiracy nonsense because control implicates intentions, but the media - and especially social media - are not directed by a uniform actor with intentions.
Another poster has already brought media conglomerates like Murdoch, Sinclair or Axel Springer (Germany) so I won't deal with that.
Social media is also heavily directed by the platform operators, their "moderation" policies - Facebook/Instagram are on a massive crusade against nudity, for example - and especially their "algorithmic feed" selection. FB got under fire for throttling traffic to "left wing" sites (https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/17/21520634/facebook-report...), YouTube under multiple fires for stuff like Peppa Pig scare videos or for actively feeding users conspiracy propaganda, Reddit has many, many accusations of censorship regarding Uyghurs (since the Tencent ownership stake)...
tl;dr: social media platforms have intentions on their own and are not shy of using them.
Another poster has already brought media conglomerates like Murdoch, Sinclair or Axel Springer (Germany) so I won't deal with that.
Social media is also heavily directed by the platform operators, their "moderation" policies - Facebook/Instagram are on a massive crusade against nudity, for example - and especially their "algorithmic feed" selection. FB got under fire for throttling traffic to "left wing" sites (https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/17/21520634/facebook-report...), YouTube under multiple fires for stuff like Peppa Pig scare videos or for actively feeding users conspiracy propaganda, Reddit has many, many accusations of censorship regarding Uyghurs (since the Tencent ownership stake)...
tl;dr: social media platforms have intentions on their own and are not shy of using them.