Il cancelliere Scholz: “Le elezioni non le decideranno i proprietari dei social media.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/30/olaf-scholz-german-election-will-not-be-decided-by-social-media-owners?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
di SpookyMinimalist
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Also not by failed politicians though.
But by lack of good policies of Olaf and his incompetent ministers
This guy is fucking out of touch.
The problem is not so much what social media owners say, but what algorithms, policies and responsibilities they deploy on their platforms.
Take Reddit: it doesn’t respect the EU Digital Services Act. Moderation of most groups is managed by “unpaid volunteers” that often ban posts and users based on arbitrary censorship without appeal.
I reported it to the EU and my national regulator, who replied (I paraphrase) *”sorry we don’t deal with specific cases”*. Well dear EU, if you don’t deal with specific cases, specific cases will deal with you.
Social media may give, I don’t know, maybe 5% of push in one specific political direction. In presence of strong reasons to prefer one party, this should have little or no influence on election results. If instead all parties look the same ( bad in the same way ) to the electors, then any little nudge is important, be it a post on social media or the good looking of a candidate.
So, if you want to reduce social media influesnce on the elections, give your potential electors a stronger reason to choose you.