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The Facebook Papers Show How Quickly Radicalization Can Happen Online

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Rapid Pathways to Radicalization: Insights from Facebook's Own Research

This chapter explores the alarming effects of Facebook's recommendation algorithms on user behavior, highlighting how quickly individuals can be funneled into extremist content. It also examines the troubling parallels in the Indian context, where users have faced a barrage of hate speech and violence online.

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