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"In early October, the Pew Research Center released a report called “The Role
of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment.” While the
report is well-researched and reveals a great deal about the current state of
digital media, news and right-wing propaganda, it is wrong about alternative
social media.
The report focuses on seven alternative social media sites: BitChute, Gab,
Gettr, Parler, Rumble, Telegram and Truth Social. These sites help put the
“alt” in alt-right by harbouring transphobes, anti-vaxxers and Jan. 6
insurrection sympathizers.
The report provides content analysis on these sites and shows how some
Americans might rely upon them for news. For those of us concerned with the
rise of bigotry, fascism and disinformation in the United States, the Pew
report offers some valuable insights into the role of these particular
alternative social media sites.
However, the problem with the report is that it misses a large number of
alternative social media sites that
actively and effectively oppose the
right-wing propaganda coming from the seven sites. This distracts us from
real-world solutions to the problems of online hate speech, disinformation and
surveillance capitalism."
Via Liza Hadiz and Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics