Once upon a time I would have discounted this but you see the changing of opinions in individuals often related to the micro videos of tiktok, facebook, youtube etc. that are displayed next.
Thank you for sharing the article as this just summarises my opinion of "Social Media Platforms" (perhaps we should start calling them Social Manipulation Platforms?) perfectly;
".....the idea is to “fuel the flames” of existing biases and manipulate emotional psychology to influence and deepen a desired narrative. The authors cite the incredible influence that “invisible manipulation” and “invisible embedding” can have on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter in international events, and recommend that algorithm recommendations be used to push more and more information to target audiences with desired biases. Over time, the emotion and bias will grow and the targeted users will reject information that does not align with their perspective."
You can replace China with US / UK / Liberals / Conservatives / Nike / CocaCola etc. etc. and just about any organisation / individual with the resources to perform such campaigns.... the path to radicalisation is a "Like" away.
Thanks for the share.
