Clickbait extremism, mass shootings, and the assault on democracy – time for a rethink of social media?
- Written by: Shirley Leitch, ANU Professorial Fellow and Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
Rioters outside the Capitol Building, Washington DC, 6 January 2021.Mihoko Owada/STAR MAX/IPx/APSocial media companies have done well out of the United States congressional hearings on the January 6 insurrection. They profited from livestreamed video as rioters stormed the Capitol Building. They profited from the incendiary brew of misinformation...