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heroicmoon 's review for:
How to Stand Up to a Dictator
by Maria Ressa
What's happening to Philippine journalism is what is happening to all of the journalists in non-democratic country. It's sad to see that something similar to what Maria has been through is something that is also true to Thailand, Myanmar, and other authoritarian countries.
There is a point in this book about social media that I quite disagreed in the first part because I think she put all the blame to Facebook. However, after realized that there was the case of Cambridge Analytica, I think this world need to reconsider the fairness of Social media algorithm priority not only Facebook's. This book raises awareness of authoritarian attempts to use social media to create 'us against them' situation and that would only worsen the social fragmentation and weakened democracy.
There is a point in this book about social media that I quite disagreed in the first part because I think she put all the blame to Facebook. However, after realized that there was the case of Cambridge Analytica, I think this world need to reconsider the fairness of Social media algorithm priority not only Facebook's. This book raises awareness of authoritarian attempts to use social media to create 'us against them' situation and that would only worsen the social fragmentation and weakened democracy.