Guides: Internet News, Fact-Checking, & Critical Thinking: Social Media & Extremism

Social Media & Extremism

YouTube, the Great Radicalizer
From the New York Times.
On Social Media’s Fringes, Growing Extremism Targets Women
From the New York Times "The Interpreter".
How Everyday Social Media Users Become Real-World Extremists
From the New York Times "The Interpreter".
Video: The Miseducation of Dylann Roof
How Dylann Roof, the mass murderer who killed 9 African Americans at a Charleston, SC church, was radicalized by the white supremacist sites Google's algorithms steered him to. From the Southern Poverty Law Center.