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by noname120 25 days ago
I’ve never heard a single time social media companies say that social media would spread democracy. Sounds like a straw man to me
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SauciestGNU 25 days ago
It was a fairly common narrative during the Arab Spring, when the technology was still relatively novel.
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andrepd 25 days ago
Arab Spring and the Obama campaign. I know, it seems a lifetime ago...
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lostlogin 25 days ago
It’s quite the contrast when you look at Twitter then and X now.
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