Social media ruins everything. Congress is now debating the Honest Ads Act, which would subject ads on social media to the same kinds of transparency requirements now demanded of advertising on traditional mainstream media outlets. Any attempts to clamp down or censor the way information moves on social media networks will necessarily be met by alarm by free speech critics. Social media allows us to tailor messages down to the narrowest demographic, ideological and geographic blocs. What is happening on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms right now will go down as one of the greatest experiments in mass manipulations in human history.

Source: National Post November 12, 2017 23:14 UTC