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Kiko Barzaga's shitposting and lies, amplified by algorithms and social media, are detrimental to a functioning democracy at best and may be dangerous narrative warfare of the Trumpian sort at worst
Normally, the Tech Thoughts column I write deals with subjects related to technology and society. Today’s column goes off on a tangent, but I felt the need to say something given that the matter of free speech impacts society greatly, especially at a time when the amplification of such speech can become problematic.
Kiko Barzaga’s expulsion from the House of Representatives does not immediately ring the right bells for my column, but after reading Walden Bello’s opinion on Barzaga getting kicked out, I felt like I had to get my thoughts in order. Not exactly to argue, mind you, but mostly to disagree with his sentiments about the event being an attack on free speech.
The attack on free speech?
