Social Media to Blame for Far Right Pathology

ML Clark writing on the atheist web site Only Sky says that social media is once again implicated in an assault by far right wingers on democratic institutions – this time in Brazil, where supporters of outgoing President Bolsanaro ransacked the capital on January 8th. Clark says “Comparisons to the January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot are both inevitable and indicative of a broader problem for global democracy, which has faced serious problems due in part to unchecked social media platforms....... Our digital age has brought us many technological gifts, but current social media platforms, and the concentrating forces of corporate monopolies and billionaire businessmen, have also been abundantly leveraged in recent years to destabilize our democracies.”