Peter Suciu writes about the latest trends in social media. His work has appeared in more than four dozen magazines, newspapers and websites. Follow him for the latest happenings in the world of X, Facebook and TikTok.
It isn't just the 2024 election cycle, presidential candidates have long promised, even vowed to be a uniter or unifier. We've heard from candidates past and present that they'll be a president for all Americans.
"Social media has always been a facilitator of polarization," said Dr. Kurt Braddock, assistant professor of public communication at American University. On Friday, Free Press released its"Tracking Platform Integrity on the Eve of the Election" and found that AI tools have provided online bad actors with free and unfettered ability to create fake content at an alarming rate, while platform algorithms enhance the delivery of that content—and with"laser-like precision" so that it hits those most likely to believe it, and worse share it.
According to the Free Press report's finding, many of the largest social media platforms have been retreating further from basic user and democracy protections.
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