@petergleick

That's all very well, and is part of the story. It raises more questions.

Why has the right wing media risen to such dominance? Why do people believe the nonsense?

Why did Hitler rise to power?

Why Putin? Why Xi Jinping? Why Kim Jong Un?

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@Sou @petergleick for me the underlying reason is unregulated internet social media. If you were only to ban the bots, let alone regulate algorithm biases you'd solve half the problem. But now they are too big to fail. I recommend Mindf*CK by Chris Wiley.

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