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When digital platforms reward hate, where does discourse go to survive?

This week on The Internet is Crack, we talk with Alice Marwick (Director of Research at @datasociety) about the toxic incentives driving online hate, incivility, and division.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ This clip explores how polarization has become a powder keg.
Listen here: https://youtu.be/VQvzxDak_Z0

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