By Jaime d'Alessandro
(La Repubblica)
"If there's one thing I wouldn't do today, it's underestimate right-wing social media, because the web could soon be made up of platforms divided into opposing factions, like traditional media. . "
Ethan Zuckerman has little doubt about the dangers we face following Donald Trump's ousting from Twitter and the suspension of his profiles on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Twitch.
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Despite a 73% drop in content linked to the unlikely accusations of electoral fraud, the hobbyhorse of the former US president, the long-term risks go far beyond mere disinformation.
Ethan Zuckerman, who headed the MIT Center for Civic Media until May 2020 and now works at the University of Massachusetts, has always been one of the most attentive observers of politics and information at the digital age.
And he is convinced that the fracture that has created will have
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