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by smashing 5497 days ago
This is shortsighted because if the leaders in Iran listen to Eli Pariser talk or read his book “The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You" they would learn that the Iranians are more likely to develop tendencies towards extremist Islam rather than away from it due to the "filter bubbles" created by the personalization features of sites like Facebook and Google.