Off-Guardian on the importance of social mediaArchived Message
Posted by margo on June 24, 2019, 10:58 am
Many people criticise (very flawed) social media sites, suggesting everyone get off them. Yet, these platforms (flawed as they are) are actually the only option for alternative media to get their messages out and are thus important inter-communication platforms and should be more used by well-intentioned people, not less.
Kit Knightly [@kit_knightly] of Off-Guardian tweets:
"Establishment mouthpieces are always looking to undermine and tear down FaceBook and other social media. The free flow of information is power to the people, bypassing the proxy of the state and the media. They find it very threatening..."