Can Social Media be Fixed?

An episode of the In the Balance podcast, hosted by BBC World Service, titled "Can Social Media be Fixed?" was published on January 13, 2018 and runs 26 minutes.

January 13, 2018 ·26m · In the Balance

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Political manipulation and fake news have shaken trust in social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to make 2018 the year of big changes on the social media giant. And politicians around the world are threatening to bring in new regulations too. In Germany a new law is now forcing platforms to remove hate speech or face big fines. Join Ed Butler and guests for a discussion on who is to blame for the ills of social media - and how to fix them.

Contributors:Samantha Bradshaw from the Computational Propaganda Project at...

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