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Issue 14: Why social media is a dumpster fire; out-group hate goes viral online; the Constitution of Knowledge; and the final cover for The Power of Us.

Jun 29, 2021

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It feels there are endless stories about why social media has become a dumpster fire. As Vox noted in 2018:

“The past few months have brought a hurricane of horror stories about social media sites gone haywire. Facebook and Instagram hijacked by Russian trolls. YouTube struggling to fight an army of conspiracy theorists. Twitter coming to terms with its own fake news problem. Even Pinterest isn’t safe from misuse by bad actors.

They put together this short video on some of our research, along with an interview with Jay:

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