Are social networks a danger to democracy?

Are social networks a danger to democracy

Facebook, X, Tiktok, Instagram… have become, in a few years, the essential crossroads of social life and the new agoras of public debate. Formerly praised for having released individual expression and facilitated citizen mobilization, the proliferation of false information and the polarization of opinions on these platforms today question their capacity for influence and their consequences for our democracies. Alain Saulnier, an expert media and author to stand up to the web giants, alerts us to the dangers of the omnipissance of social networks and invites us to think about the tracks to counter them. Interview.

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