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“In his first editorial ever, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has said the rise of social media begat the rise of “fake news.” Penning a post for Axios, Spiegel notes that ‘fake news’ has been aided and abetted by a users’ social graph (i.e. your friends and interests) and not a need to know the correct information. He claims the rise of social media came at a huge cost to facts and that it had fuelled fake news.”
Do you agree or disagree with Spiegel? Do you think social media distorts the news and complicates the way news is disseminated? Explain why or why not and give an example.
Do you believe people use the internet to connect with others who have different views and learn from them or do you believe people use social media to seek out affirmation of what they already believe, to find evidence that their partisan narrative is correct?