Social media is a digital ecosystem defined by algorithmic content delivery that has transitioned from desktop to mobile dominance. It is increasingly recognized as a tool for amplifying fringe political discourse and serving as a primary theatre for modern information warfare.
“because of their hormones being messed with their neurochemicals being and then then the stimulus of social media etc.”
“You go all over Tik Tok, you go all over everything they do and it's like boom, let's let's just stir that up. Let's stir up the Black Lives Matter stuff.”
“And then there's a bunch of people that are commenting that aren't even real people. There's a lot of manipulation that's going on on social media where who knows who's doing it. They're not real human beings that are saying these things and they can kind of shift a narrative into a certain direction sometimes.”
“Now this is the first social media war. And what I'm seeing is that you can confuse the public so much that they just infight and then you go do whatever the hell you want.”
“The second thing that appears to have driven anxiety is about the time social went on mobile about 15 years ago. You saw a spike in depression and anxiety especially among young girls.”