{"id":133637,"date":"2020-09-09T18:22:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=133637"},"modified":"2020-09-09T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:23:00","slug":"yael-eisenstathow-facebook-profits-from-polarization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=133637","title":{"rendered":"Ya\u00ebl Eisenstat:How Facebook profits from polarization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-ted wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ya\u00ebl Eisenstat: How Facebook profits from polarization\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/yael_eisenstat_how_facebook_profits_from_polarization\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Lies are more engaging online than truth,&#8221; says former CIA analyst and diplomat Ya\u00ebl Eisenstat. &#8220;As long as [social media] algorithms&#8217; goals are to keep us engaged, they will feed us the poison that plays to our worst instincts and human weaknesses.&#8221; In this bold talk, Eisenstat explores how social media companies like Facebook incentivize inflammatory content, contributing to a culture of political polarization and mistrust &#8212; and calls on governments to hold these platforms accountable in order to protect civil discourse and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Lies are more engaging online than truth,&#8221; says former CIA analyst and diplomat Ya\u00ebl Eisenstat. &#8220;As long as [social media] algorithms&#8217; goals are to keep us engaged, they will feed us the poison that plays to our worst instincts and human weaknesses.&#8221; In this bold talk, Eisenstat explores how social media companies like Facebook incentivize [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94411,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=94411","url_meta":{"origin":133637,"position":0},"title":"12 Zloty (12 Z\u0142otych)","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"30\/05\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Yael Reisfeld","rel":"","context":"In &quot;videos&quot;","block_context":{"text":"videos","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=193"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10436,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=10436","url_meta":{"origin":133637,"position":1},"title":"Satellite","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"26\/06\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Guster - \"Satellite\" from Adam Bizanski on Vimeo. 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