Social media platforms have played a major role in distributing falsehoods and conspiracy theories that spurred on the Capitol attack. Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie joined CBSN to discuss how tech regulation could tackle the problem of disinformation online.
Furman Professor Weighs in on Wednesday’s Capital Protest
My hope is that the take-over of the Capitol yesterday will shock American citizens and their lawmakers into rejecting radical politics in favor of constructive policy making. This country has been through spasms of violence in the past. We can get through this. But we may not. Given the very real cultural and political divisions…