07/09/2021
Social media’s role in the Capitol insurrection was undeniable.” That’s one of many observations made by MIT IDE Director, Sinan Aral, after the extraordinary events of January 6 when extreme right-wing, Trump supporters stormed the U. S. Capitol.
Aral was interviewed by numerous media outlets-including CNBC, Bloomberg, Fortune, and Yahoo! Finance — for his insights as author of The Hype Machine, especially after Twitter and Facebook banned the President from their social media platforms.
“This has been a steady momentum build of reaction by social media platforms,” Aral told Fortune. “This is a culmination of an understanding by social media companies that they need to do more and that the laissez-faire attitude isn’t going to cut it.
“Social media’s role in the Capitol insurrection was undeniable.” That’s one of many observations made by MIT IDE Director, Sinan Aral…
