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In the epitome of today’s life, social media is American The killing was handled in Utah last week, a primary tool his supporters used to monitor people they believe were not properly respected. Investigators are investigating the time when the man was accused of murder KirkTyler Robinson spent “the dark corner of the internet” – antisocial media, if you will – allegedly triggered the trigger.
On the other side of the world, Kirk The story is concentrating American,,,,, Nepal Violent spasms broke out when the government tried to ban social media platforms.
All of this is forcing people to take a closer look at the technologies that have changed our lives, how they control what we see and understand through algorithms and the ways we have been spending on them affect our perception of the world.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox believes that “cancer” is not a strong enough word to describe social media. “The most powerful companies in world history have figured out how to crack our brains and get us addicted to anger… and make us hate each other,” Cox said on NBC’s “Meet the Media” on Sunday.
Hawaii’s Democratic Senator Brian Schatz urges American Through social media “pull yourself together, read, do some exercise, drink whiskey, with dogs or make pasta or go fishing, or other than letting this Algo pickle make your brain and ruin your soul.”
Cold video Kirk’s On September 10, the assassination immediately became overwhelmed by sites like X, Tiktok and YouTube, and the company is still struggling to control their spread. Adversarial material and conspiracy theories are pushed into social media feeds because they do exactly what they are designed to do – making people extend their time on the platform for longer.
“I do think we’re already here,” said Laura Edelson, a professor and expert on social media algorithms at Northeastern University. “Our country is being digitized. We interact with other people, with the broader society, increasingly happen to feed algorithms. This is the latest set of ways that make society change through media technology.”
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“I think apart from the Russian troll farms and the growing number of Chinese troll farms, we didn’t spin their beards and say how great we’ve divided society,” she said.
X boss Elon Musk posted on his website last week that although the discourse may become negative, “there is still a discussion and there is another discussion.” President Donald Trump, who built his own social platform, was asked about Cox’s comments on Tuesday before traveling to the UK. While social media can create “cancer-deep black holes,” he said, not all.
“Well, this is not cancer in every aspect,” he told reporters. “In some ways, it’s great.”
Conservative media star Ben Shapiro Kirk A friend, admire Kirk Being willing to go to different places and talk to people who disagree with him is too rare in the social media era.
“The way social media works is a disaster zone, a total disaster zone,” Shapiro said in an interview with Bari Weiss in a free news podcast. “It makes the world worse without a doubt – it’s not a censorship call.”
Shapiro said how people act on social media is a bipartisan issue. The most common ones, he said, are people who use third-person plurals – “they” do something to “we.” This is the case that many people discuss Kirk’s Death, although the motive of the shooter is unclear, and there is no evidence that his actions are his own.
The liberal Meidastouch media company has collected conservative inflammatory social positions, especially those who suggest they are “war”. Meanwhile, several conservatives combed social media into posts they thought were negative KirkIn some cases, attempts are made to be fired. Tiktok’s Libs urged funding contributions from the Washington State School District because it refused to lower the flag to half of its employees.
Republican Rep. Randy Fine asks people to point out negatives Kirk Anyone working in the government, where they are receiving public funds or obtaining government permission – for example, teachers or lawyers. “Does these monsters want to fight?” he wrote on X. “Congratulations, they got it.”
Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah wrote on Monday that she was fired a series of Bruinsky posts that had little sympathy Kirk. But she wrote on the alternative: “No white people who advocate violence perform differently than white people who recognize violence against them.” A spokesperson declined to comment.
Much of what people use to talk about politics – algorithm-driven social media sites and cable TV – designed to attract American James Talarico, a Democratic lawmaker in Texas, said he recently announced a bid U.S. Senate. “We have to find a way between each other because that’s the only way we can continue this American experiment,” he said on MSNBC.
One of the most enduring examples of these divisions is the lies and misinformation that have been spreading for years through online social channels. They undermined belief in one of the country’s bedrock institutions and contributed to the anger that led to Trump supporters’ violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Whether a meaningful change remains an open question. Nepal The unrest illustrates the dangers of government participation: Social media sites were shut down and protested, suggesting that it was a way to stop criticism of the government. Police opened fire during a demonstration and killed 19 people.
Convincing social media sites to change their algorithms is also an uphill battle. They rely on attention and people spend as much time on them as possible. Jasmine Enberg, a social media analyst at Emarketer, said there is little motivation to change unless advertisers are afraid of being associated with violent positions.
Young people, in particular, are realizing the dangers of spending too much time on social media, she said.
But turn off your phone? “The reality of the situation is that they can limit the limits of their behavior,” Enberg said.
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Associated Press writer Barbara Ortutay is located in San Francisco, Darlene Supperille of Washington and Ali Swenson of New York, and contributed to the report. David Bauder wrote about the intersection of Associated Press media and entertainment. Follow him at http://x.com/dbauder and https://bsky.app/profile/dbauder.bsky.social.
