Instagram Is the Internet’s New Home for Hate

Something for the rational to turn their attention to.

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As other social networks wage a very public war against misinformation, it’s thriving on Instagram. TAYLOR LORENZ When Alex, now a high-school senior, saw an Instagram account he followed post about something called QAnon back in 2017, he’d never heard of the viral conspiracy theory before. But the post piqued his interest, and he wanted to know more. So he did what your average teenager would do: He followed several accounts related to it on Instagram, searched for information on YouTube, and read up on it on forums.... https://www.theatlantic.com/technolo...r-hate/585382/

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