The Weaponization Of Social Media

Over the past few years, social media has emerged as a power-packed tool for connection, communication, and even conflict. Social media in itself has created many highly accessible channels that can be used to spread several disinformation’s, exhibiting divisiveness and even contributing harm to the real world in several forms of exploitation, violence, and persecution. The overall impact of social media on the communities across the world is always evolving and complex in nature. It is known to stretch all across the international borders and is able to challenge several traditional humanitarian aids, peacebuilding models, and development. This new sort of paradigm now requires a whole new approach. Here in this blog, we would be widely talking about the weaponization of social media and how it can cause violence to the modern world.

Political Manipulation Caused By Social Media: Several sort of disinformation campaigns can be done in order to systematically manipulate and create political discourse within a state. It can further influence news reporting, create silent dissent while also undermining the overall integrity of the electoral systems and democratic government. Most of the political campaigns are carried out in three different phases.

1. The actual development of different core narratives.