The biggest danger of social media is the way it has and continues to be used as a propaganda machine

There were two articles in the news on social media recently, one from CNBC on how most trending videos in India on YouTube are often overwhelmingly hoaxes (click here to read it) and another from the BBC on how UN investigators have said the use of Facebook played a “determining role” in stirring up trouble in Myanmar (click here to read it).

The use of Facebook data to target voters and change election outcomes has triggered massive outrage globally but that isn’t the only bad thing Facebook has done. Continue reading “The biggest danger of social media is the way it has and continues to be used as a propaganda machine”