movement crop up and become so strong and also with the flat earth society people believe that the world is actually flat i mean their voice is given just as much weight as people who actually have ph d.'s scientific backgrounds are actually doing real experiments i mean that's that's the one side and so you know it's kind of bringing all of this out to the foreground another aspect is at the end of the day social media isn't necessarily there to connect us all social media is to get butts in chairs clicking mouses staring at screens you know we talk a lot about the f. . chamber that's out of all the social media these algorithms that support the systems that suggests the next video that suggests the next bit of information they have a way of once you should a little bit of interest in something like a moon conspiracy it gets you locked in and make sure that you just keep connected with it you keep looking at the next video you keep looking at that next clip and it kind of increases huge echo chamber that's really kind of gives you the opinion quite quickly that the whole world believes

movement cropped up and become so strong and also with the flat earth society people believe that the world is actually flat i mean their voice is given just as much weight as people who actually have you know ph d.'s scientific backgrounds are actually doing the real experiments i mean that's that's the one side and so you know it's kind of bringing all of this out to the foreground another aspect is at the end of the day social media isn't necessarily there to connect us all social media is to get butts in chairs clicking mousers staring at screens you know we talk a lot about the i. chamber that's out of all of the social media in these algorithms that support the systems that suggests the next video that suggests the next bit of information they have a way of once you should a little bit of interest in something like a moon conspiracy it gets you locked in and make sure that you just keep connected with it you keep looking at the next video you keep looking at that next clip and it kind of increases huge echo chamber that's really kind of gives you the opinion quite quickly that t

movement crop up and become so strong and also with the flat earth society people believe that the world is actually flat i mean their voice is given just as much weight as people who actually have ph d's scientific backgrounds are actually doing real experiments i mean that's that's the one science you know it's kind of bringing all of this out to the foreground another aspect is at the end of the day social media isn't necessarily there to connect us all social media is to get butts in chairs clicking mousers staring at screens you know we talk a lot about the i. chamberlin so evolved social media these algorithms that support the systems that suggest the next video that suggest the next bit of information they have a way of once you should a little bit of interest in something like a moon conspiracy it gets you locked in and make sure that you just keep connected with if you keep looking at the next video you keep looking at that next clip and it kind of increases huge echo chamber that's really kind of gives you the opinion quite quickly that the whole world believes it well how do y

yes, for instance, flat earth society and believers, they are quite interesting, you can start on oneveral hundred yea rs of the earth is flat? several hundred years of science would suggest it did. some try but does it matter? it may or may not, but there are certain beliefs and things that could get worrying if people are pushed in what direction is by conspiracy theories. ben mcowen wilson, said youtube "does the opposite of taking you down the rabbit hole". he has been defending his algorithms and he says you're heading towards censorship. i think it is important that platforms do not take a view of banning speakers, unless the individuals are part of prescribed groups, where we ban them today, or where the individuals themselves are prescribed. i think that does begin to look much more like censorship. what in a regulatory sense is the worst case scenario that the uk government could come up with?” think for the british public, what we ought to be worried about, for viewers and listeners at home, what they should be worried about is decisions being taken in a dark room by unnamed