Social media has spread their conspiracy theories and hate further and faster than ever before. If there's one thing the artificial intelligences built to make social media megacorps such as Facebook, Google and Twitter rich have learnt, it's that hate sells. It's a simple equation social media algorithms have embraced. But social media executives have been reluctant to do anything about it. And unregulated social media platforms have provided the means of doing this.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 12, 2020 18:22 UTC