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How Billionaire-Owned Social Media Sites Hurt Free Speech & Democracy
38 mins
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15:00, 10 May 2022
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Guest: Assistant Professor Peter Beattie, Lecturer, Global Political Economy & Political Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
The richest person on the planet, Elon Musk, is on the verge of owning Twitter. Mark Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Billionaires are also behind YouTube. On the surface, these may seem like benign information. But what if we told you that this is dangerous and harmful to you and free speech?
Image credit: Frederic Legrand - COMEO/Shutterstock, Twin Design/Shutterstock, Wikimedia Commons
Presenter: Dashran Yohan
Producer: Dashran Yohan
ultra-wealthy
the bigger picture
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free speech
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youtube
twitter
elon musk
mark zuckerberg
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How Billionaire-Owned Social Media Sites Hurt Free Speech & Democracy
38 mins
·
15:00, 10 May 2022
Guest: Assistant Professor Peter Beattie, Lecturer, Global Political Economy & Political Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
The richest person on the planet, Elon Musk, is on the verge of owning Twitter. Mark Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Billionaires are also behind YouTube. On the surface, these may seem like benign information. But what if we told you that this is dangerous and harmful to you and free speech?
Image credit: Frederic Legrand - COMEO/Shutterstock, Twin Design/Shutterstock, Wikimedia Commons
Presenter: Dashran Yohan
Producer: Dashran Yohan
ultra-wealthy
the bigger picture
today i learned
billionaires
capitalism
free speech
democracy
social media
facebook
whatsapp
youtube
twitter
elon musk
mark zuckerberg
Share:
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