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How Billionaire-Owned Social Media Sites Hurt Free Speech & Democracy

38 mins·15:00, 10 May 2022
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How Billionaire-Owned Social Media Sites Hurt Free Speech & Democracy

38 mins
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15:00, 10 May 2022
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Guest: Assistant Professor Peter Beattie, Lecturer, Global Political Economy & Political Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong

The richest person on the planet, Elon Musk, is on the verge of owning Twitter. Mark Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Billionaires are also behind YouTube. On the surface, these may seem like benign information. But what if we told you that this is dangerous and harmful to you and free speech?

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Presenter: Dashran Yohan

Producer: Dashran Yohan

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