<p>Amy and Benjamin discuss a couple of different angles on the harms created by social media platforms, such as YouTube, which manipulate their users via algorithms ("angorithms"), then censor the byproducts ("hate speech," "misinformation") they don't like--or worse, of which government entities disapprove.</p>
<p>References:</p>
<p><a href="https://dontletitgo.com/2023/03/03/phew-youtube-saved-you-by-censoring-my-super-dangerous-content/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://dontletitgo.com/2023/03/03/phew-youtube-saved-you-by-censoring-my-super-dangerous-content/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://dontletitgo.com/2011/09/14/attack-watch-as-case-study-of-how-force-stops-thinking/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://dontletitgo.com/2011/09/14/attack-watch-as-case-study-of-how-force-stops-thinking/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/historyisnow/p/angorithms-and-the-socio-media-path?r=4js7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/historyisnow/p/angorithms-and-the-socio-media-path?r=4js7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web</a></p>
<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/historyisnow/p/revenge-of-the-nerds?r=4js7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/historyisnow/p/revenge-of-the-nerds?r=4js7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web</a></p>
<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/dontletitgo/p/chatgpt-as-the-latest-challenge-for?r=4js7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/dontletitgo/p/chatgpt-as-the-latest-challenge-for?r=4js7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web</a></p>
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