Social Media and Information Overload

Zachary Crockett suggests that social media, which was seen as a liberal social force during the Arab Spring, has been used effectively by authoritarian candidates from around the globe.

Crockett cites an essay from scholar Ronald J. Deibert (2019), who muses that "social media must bear some of the blame for the descent into neo-fascism" (p. 35).

Crockett summarizes the issue by saying: " The deluge of information on social media overwhelms current platforms’ potential to spread important information."

-DD