opponents say that's not enough. to washington d.c. a news from berlin coming up shit living in the digital age for a look at social media and chinese politics there's more news coming up at the top of the hour and forget you can always check out our website d w dot com for all the latest i'm irish waiter thanks so much for joining us. live. rock n roll. band. sinful reduced down to by the church. no

evil feeling that you feel when you think. stop no one is more popular than jesus come. and religion clash that brings many closer too late. for that to really suit your reconcilable card. june 17th w. the 1st. the recent vote in india the world's biggest democracy will stop the election in america it has been said that trump would never have become president without the help of facebook and in germany and the run up to the european parliament election on you tube i posted a video railing against the conservative c.d.u. party it dominated the final days of its compay. what effects to social media have

on the market see you tube facebook and co threatening free society our topic on shift today. 2.6000000000 people worldwide use facebook instagram or what's app at least once a day i know i do social platforms actually the main place where many teenagers get their news but it's important to check sources and facts because especially in social media it's often unclear where a post comes from what comes up on our news feed isn't random facebook and poll carefully tailored content to individuals interests and tastes the companies have a profile on every user each time we click on something we give clues about our likes and dislikes and our profiles get more and more detail so if you think you're in full control of what you see online i'm afraid that you're mistaken.

also show media companies make money with affectively placed ads that are individually tailored to user profiles they know what kind of car users drive who's just had a baby and who is planning a world trip. so called micro-targeting can sway a user without them even noticing politicians also target their constituents but online it's often hard to recognize political ads. when the margin of an election is narrow with just a few votes tipping the scale like what just happened in michigan and wisconsin it's all about mobilizing every last voter a solid data analysis can make a political communication strategy more effective than a problem look at. this is where social media profiles become a tool for focusing campaign ads car drivers want lower fuel costs young parents want safer neighborhoods and someone planning a world. tripp is probably well off and would be happy if taxes were lower

targeting ads have long played an important role in campaigning. micro-targeting micro-targeting is constantly developing george w. bush used it during his 2004 campaign as it obama in 2008 and hillary clinton and donald trump and 2016. now you could argue that microtargeting is a good thing for instance i don't own a car so i don't care about new car. but what if that makes an algorithm think i'm not interested in any car related news what about exhaust fumes on you immobility technologies but knowledge is power and people should be able to choose what information they access plus they should be provided balanced views on social media this is all this is how it goes so impose a news item saying that muhammad is the most popular name in germany's capital berlin. different nation goes viral on social media and takes on new meaning which

far right users think confirms their fear that germany has been flooded by foreigners. according to a new study almost half of the items posted in social media platforms lean towards the extreme right and yet only 10 percent of users belong to it streamlines parties . the 5 that's the danger is that posts that reflect people's anger create even more anger which then ends up in establishing an innocent. this happened after a far right politician have posted another news item and disparage the fact that there was no how loud version of the famous with chocolate prepared according to the precepts of islam. the post was shared thousands of times and even turned up in serious daily papers. in this case social media helped far right politicians spread their world view. social media play an

important role in political discourse and users and politicians alike need to know how to handle that one great example for how not to handle things is what happened in germany in the run up to the european parliament election you tube a result has 1600000 followers and is known for his political commentary you normally find in rapping or telling jokes but shortly before the election he posted a video that quickly went viral and modified politicians in a blistering tirade reso dismissive of germany's largest conservative party the c.d.u. of course they were not amused but well the party's reaction to the video really showed was most german politicians still don't know how to deal with social media does the internet is still uncharted territory for us my favorite quote by merkel what's it like in your country are your politicians also still overwhelmed with the

internet he said in business you do i'm going to show how city you politicians lied how they lack basic skills for that job how they make policies against expert opinion that they've participated and walk rhymes and how they use propaganda and misinformation against younger generations. strong words followed by an awkward aftermath the c.d.u. responded to the you tube video with p.d.f. 11 pages long and then the party's leader called for rules for digital spaces. the status question is clear if you consider populism what rules do we apply in the analog sphere and which rules apply to digital space it's time but i don't know and critics say this means he supports online censorship but reso did exactly what daily newspaper commentators would do it stated his opinion paradoxically politicians then began discussing whether results commons. aren't being discussed

at all quite a foolhardy approach meanwhile the online community began discussing what resort has not how it said it is video was shared commented. and praised most content related to bed took place online without politicians german politicians have a lot to catch up on i think it's definitely better to join a conversation than to censor it controlling social media and restricting freedom of expression already in china social media is much more a part of everyday life over 800000000 people logged on each day but the government closely monitors what users do with their. international social media companies grew immensely over the past decade but in china western platforms are not the company has its own. instead of facebook you tube and what we chat. and. this is the activist. give some insight as to

why. the advantage of those chinese companies are the promise of the government they harbor compasses to control our online contacts so they will not they will listen to the government or they will actually preemptively deleting lot of accountants before the internet police even take a look chinese social media providers monitor their own platforms and censorship is stricter shopping and browsing are permitted but content which could shed public political opinion is closely sense it and anyone who directly criticizes the chinese government faces harsh sanctions like. a human rights defender sentenced to 19 years imprisonment he had criticised beijing's persecution of weaker muslims his messages were you. this evidence against him in court after the arab spring trance

garman that's where they really felt. frightened. so any information any activity is using the social media to correlate the collective action to express our kind of political opinion is under a severe punishment. government has largely succeeded in eliminating the topics of data protection and privacy from public debate privacy from the discussion in china because the government preventing such a large scale discussion in the civil society for ordinary chinese consumers they have no option this is how china has created a system in which social media does not promote democracy. that's unsettling but what about countries without the same centralized censorship as china a social media more neutral reliable they're. a safe place for political opinions

let's look at south america uses their can access any social platform they like and they do often 246000000 people use facebook and co at least once a day in south america far more than that in the us or you so it's not surprising that social media has a big impact on political opinion but it seems state interference is also a problem. whalen human rights activist majano yes numbers explains that the american government our biggest been the source of information and this happens with government political forces also from opposition parties within that in america and also of course with big media conglomerates but the broadest aspect of this information to the pound problem for society. digital rights activists marianna d.s. anomalies says that in latin america governments do not censor social media but that does not mean freedom of speech is under threat. the government using its

cues for storing revelation about hate speech and information the sort of there's a way that. the governments decide what counts as fake news and hate speech no evidence required in effect this allows them to regulate social media content. for instance if you say something about the press that is that you sort of a paid the president come to hate speech then it becomes one of those meetings and that's not what hate speech about hate speech about some part was protecting. critical opinions can this simply be dismissed as hate speech or misinformation and the government monitoring what should be a free space in this way can keep politicians in power while undermining the principle of democracy social media and democracy difficult topic can social media strengthen democracy on the positive side social platforms make it quick and

easy for anyone to exchange ideas join discussions and gather information they can actively take part in political debate on the negative side companies and politicians are controlling water content busy micro-targeting makes it easier to manipulate people than ever before right wing populist can skew public debate by constantly bringing their topics to the forefront of all discussions. governments like china monitoring and limiting activity what do you think is social media helping or hurting democracy i love exchange as long as we stay aware that facebook and call don't offer a balanced view and you can find more digital topics on our you tube channel see you there.

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