And this destabilizes Europe... how?

aucisson_masque 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's pretty obvious, media is called the 4th power.

Control the media, you control the information that a significant part of Europeans get. Elections aren't won by 50%, you only need to convince 4 or 5% of the population that the far right is great.

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sunaookami an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Schrödingers social network: It's somehow irrelevant but somehow "destablizies our democracy" ;)

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gmd63 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It gives people who aren't aware of the bot accounts / thumb on the scale the perception that insane crackpot delusions are more popular than they are.

There is a reason Musk paid so much for Twitter. If this stuff had no effect he wouldn't have bought it.

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936966931646863 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Right, european state media stould have the monopoly on spreading disinformation.

	▲	javascriptfan69 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Social media should not allow algorithms to actively AMPLIFY disinformation to the public. If people want to post disinformation that's fine, but the way that these companies push that information onto users is the problem. There either needs to be accountability for platforms or a ban on behavior driven content feeds. People lying on the internet is fine. Social media algorithms amplifying the lie because it has high engagement is destroying our society.

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javascriptfan69 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The same way that social media has destabilized the USA.

By exposing people to a flood of misinformation and politically radicalizing content designed to maximize engagement via emotion (usually anger).

Remember when Elon Musk alleged that he was going to find a trillion dollars (a year) in waste fraud and abuse with DOGE? Did he ever issue a correction on that statement after catastrophically failing to do so? Do you think that kind of messaging might damage the trust in our institutions?

	▲	bulbar 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Did he ever issue a correction on that statement after catastrophically failing to do so? To be 'fair', finding fraud never was the real purpose of DOGE, just some fake argument that enough citizen would find plausible.