What it has not produced, however, is a satisfying answer to a simple question: What is the internet doing to our parents’ brains? Older Americans falling prey to internet conspiracy theories, in other words, could be just another side effect of American inequality. If younger Americans are digital natives, older Americans are digital refugees, drifting onto social media platforms slowly and haphazardly. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2014The aging population and the popularity of social media has put this trend on steroids. Keeping them from stumbling across conspiracy theories, however, only takes a government willing to regulate and social media companies willing to curate.

Source: Huffington Post October 29, 2020 09:45 UTC