Twitter, Facebook and Co.
The Growing Problem of Online Radicalization
The raid on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., has shown clearly just how dangerous online radicalization can be. By promoting hate and inciting violence, social media platforms represent a danger to democracy.
By Markus Becker, Patrick Beuth, Markus Böhm, Max Hoppenstedt, Janne Knödler, Guido Mingels, Mathieu von Rohr, Marcel Rosenbach und Hilmar Schmundt
15.01.2021
When the right-wing nationalist and Trump follower Tim Gionet forced his way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, he brought his social network along with him. He was broadcasting live on the streaming platform DLive, popular in the gaming scene – and he even collected money from his supporters in real time from the in-app donation function. Gionet, who has become a well-known, right-wing internet agitator under the alias “Baked Alaska,” streamed for around 20 minutes, even trying to fire up his audience like a blowhard publicity hound. “We�
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Interview with Oxford Internet Institute Head
Can We Develop Herd Immunity to Internet Propaganda?
Internet propaganda is becoming an industrialized commodity, warns Phil Howard, the director of the Oxford Internet Institute and author of many books on disinformation. In an interview, he calls for greater transparency and regulation of the industry.
15.01.2021, 15.23 Uhr
Demonstration am Capitol in Washington am 6. Januar 2020
Foto: Shafkat Anowar / AP
DER SPIEGEL: The online forum Parler was instrumental as a channel for communication in the run-up to the storming of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Amazon has since moved to turn off the service from its cloud hosting services. Does this mean that the problem has been solved?