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Comment by krapp

3 hours ago

It can and does. The power of social media to spread ideas and accelerate political action is why fascists took it over and co-opted it. That's why we're fed the narrative that social media is evil and needs to be regulated or banned at all costs.

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dotcoma  2 hours ago

Do you remember cases in which it "accelerated political action" ?

  • Natfan  2 hours ago

    also BLM, israel palestine

    and the genocide in myanmar, that was definitely accelerated political action

  • krapp  2 hours ago

    There have been plenty. Surely you aren't arguing that social media has never done so. Arguably social media has been one of the most catalyzing political forces in human history. And bearing in mind that "political action" can be in any direction, I found some examples. I didn't work very hard because this could have literally been a Google search on your part.

    Arab Spring

    Nepalese Discord Protests

    Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine

    2009 Iranian presidential election protests

    2011 Egyptian revolution

    #BlackLivesMatter

    #MeToo

    Hong Kong protests

    #NoKings protests

    Yellow Vest protests (France)

    Anti-Israel/Pro-Palestine protests

    Anti-vaccine protests during COVID

    Rohingya genocide

    GamerGate