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Terms of Disservice: How Silicon Valley is Destructive by Design
Author: Dipayan Ghosh
Publisher: Harper Business
Pages: 252
Price: Rs 599
By now, politicians have come to realise how powerful a tool social media platforms can be for propagating news, both true and false. Social media cells of political parties and businessmen know very well how narratives can be shaped by concentrated and twisted messaging on social media platforms. Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Twitter and others have been used extensively to win elections, foment discontent, discredit rivals and increase tensions in many already volatile environments across the world.
The big problem is that social media messaging is
