Major social media platforms' strict content moderation and censorship policies are making people more isolated and polarized, causing more dangerous extremism in society, a new study shows.
Tech giants such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google are facing all-time highs in hate speech and misinformation, with such content increasing twentyfold between 2017 to 2021 on Facebook, suggesting that the company's approach to censorship doesn’t work, according to a new study conducted by Daryl Davis, a race relations expert, and Bill Ottman, a free speech activist and CEO of crypto social network Minds.
“When you deny people the ability to express opinions and engage in cancel culture, the data shows you send them to nefarious platforms where much worse behavior occurs,” Ottman told the Washington Examiner. The study also showed that censorship does not reduce hate speech or violence-inducing misinformation but merely moves it to other corners of the internet.
Large tech platforms such as Spotify, Airbnb, and GoFundMe have also ratcheted up bans and censorship due to public criticism.
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