Position Paper | Social media aids the rise in the populism with the potencial to destabilize democracy

This paper has been written by Michiel Barten, the Policy Officer for Digital Culture.

Populism has seen a dramatic rise globally in the last two decades, spurred in part by a transformative shift in how societies communicate and interact. While social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok have democratized political participation by giving voice to underrepresented groups, it has also become a double-edged sword, enabling the spread of misinformation, polarization, and extremist rhetoric by populists, powerful enough to destabilize democracy and incite violence. […]

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