The Role of Social Media in Organizing

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Social media is part of the problem here, he says. The way we're engaging one another and perpetually permeable to misinformation that wouldn't otherwise be availablei get lesses ti may seem like a lateral move here, but it's relevant ecause it's so energizing in trumpestanThe role played, or not played, by big tech in deciding who to platform, who to censor, whose rights to violate.

Sam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum, David Frum, Barton Gellman, and George Packer about the ongoing threat to American democracy posed by Republican misinformation and disinformation regarding the 2020 Presidential Election and the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.

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