Effectively what happens on Facebook is they bombard you with the stuff you react to, and it blocks out all other forms of communication. So you wind up being in what is called a filter bubble, which is essentially an artificial reality where everything appears to reinforce the things you already like or the things you already believe, and it blocks out any new ideas. And in a democracy, that’s terrible, because it increases polarization. Essentially, each one of us is in our own Truman Show, and if we are not careful, we wind up having our own set of facts.

Early Facebook Investor: We Need to Hold Big Tech Accountable For Creating “Toxic Digital Spills”

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More from this Interview

• Part 1: Zucked: Early Facebook Investor Roger McNamee on How the Company Became a Threat to Democracy
• Part 2: Mark Zuckerberg’s Former Mentor: I Tried to Raise Alarm Over Russian Interference But Was Ignored
• Part 3: Big Tech Platforms Have Had a “Profound Negative Effect on Democracy.” Is It Time to Break Them Up?
• Part 4: Early Facebook Investor:

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• Roger McNameeauthor of “Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe”. He had a 34-year career in Silicon Valley and was an early investor in Facebook.

Early Facebook investor Roger McNamee talks about big tech companies are amplifying hate speech and disinformation. He also talks more about his book, “Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe.”

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