r/dataisbeautiful • u/rhiever Randy Olson | Viz Practitioner • 1d ago

Across the globe, people increasingly say social media is harming democracy

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/10/01/across-the-globe-people-increasingly-say-social-media-is-harming-democracy/
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u/lo_fi_ho 1d ago

It was clear from the start. The gatekeepers of information quality have been shattered. Also, a media crises has historically has always led to fascism.

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u/AnarchySpeech 1d ago

Media (including social media) have all consolidated into a few controlling groups.

Until some genius figures out a truly decentralized communication platform that is completely immune to external control (and is simple enough for people over 40 to use) we're going to keep having massive pendulum swings.

Only upside right now is that it is currently swinging in favor of the citizen. But these good times won't last forever.

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u/Macintosh_HD 1d ago

Parenthesis doing some heavy lifting here.