<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>Interesting discourse in light of what is happening locally as we prepare for the elections.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Richard Hill via InternetPolicy</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 4:40 PM<br>Subject: [Internet Policy] How social platforms affect political discourse<br>To: Internetpolicy@Elists. Isoc. Org <<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_103458346705680588WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">This article contends that social platforms have had negative effects on political discourse in the USA:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">  <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/</a> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">It confirms what McChesney found earlier:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">  <a href="http://boundary2.org/2015/04/08/the-internet-vs-democracy/" target="_blank">http://boundary2.org/2015/04/08/the-internet-vs-democracy/</a> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">And is consistent with what Doctorow says:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://www.boundary2.org/2021/04/richard-hill-the-curse-of-concentration-review-of-cory-doctorow-how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism/" target="_blank">http://www.boundary2.org/2021/04/richard-hill-the-curse-of-concentration-review-of-cory-doctorow-how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism/</a> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Best,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Richard<u></u><u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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