There is a growing body of research showing how the tools and structure of online communications are often damaging to peace. This is in part driven by people and groups pushing to spread hate and drown out inconvenient truths, many of whom have refined aggressive tools and approaches leveraging social media bots to strategically take advantage of the relatively open and algorithmic qualities of online spaces to push for division and violence. These tools are reinforced by the structure of the internet: algorithm-driven news and social media platforms intensify echo chambers and reinforce bias effects — so called filter bubbles — that result in segmentation of people with different views, reducing opportunities for cross-cutting engagement.
- : https://medium.com/@howtobuildup/automatic-for-the-peaceful-52d24d1d23e
- : Helena Puig Larrauri
- : Build Up