Ive been calling out social media as harmful and dangerous for many years ,
The government here did a deal with media companies around 15 years ago , it allows anyone in the EU over the age of 14 be marketed to as adults ,
We can also clearly see the effect social media has had on politics and democratic process , its certainly not helping them read the public mood any better and in the end it seems to lead to a situation where our political leaders are more out of touch with whats happening on the ground than ever before .
Its like our elected representatives get swept away on a magic carpet ride , surrounded by a filtered bubble of approval from their 'like whores' .
We've just had one populist politician chewed up and spat out after he was shoehorned into the role ,without a mandate from the public ,
Today we have a new incomming leader , again without any mandate , a few hundred votes of members of parliment deciding who gets the top job,
Were drifting further and further from democracy due to social media .
The government here did a deal with media companies around 15 years ago , it allows anyone in the EU over the age of 14 be marketed to as adults ,
We can also clearly see the effect social media has had on politics and democratic process , its certainly not helping them read the public mood any better and in the end it seems to lead to a situation where our political leaders are more out of touch with whats happening on the ground than ever before .
Its like our elected representatives get swept away on a magic carpet ride , surrounded by a filtered bubble of approval from their 'like whores' .
We've just had one populist politician chewed up and spat out after he was shoehorned into the role ,without a mandate from the public ,
Today we have a new incomming leader , again without any mandate , a few hundred votes of members of parliment deciding who gets the top job,
Were drifting further and further from democracy due to social media .
