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SUMMARY:Digital Disconnect
DESCRIPTION:How capitalism is turning the internet against democracy.\n"Dig
 ital Disconnect" trains its sights on the relationship between the interne
 t and democracy in the age of fake news\, filter bubbles\, and Facebook se
 curity breaches.\n\nRenowned media scholar Robert McChesney traces how the
  democratizing potential of the internet has been radically compromised by
  the logic of capitalism and the unaccountable power of a handful of telec
 om and tech monopolies. Along the way\, McChesney examines the ongoing att
 ack on net neutrality by telecom monopolies like Comcast and Verizon\; exp
 lores how internet giants like Facebook and Google have amassed huge profi
 ts by surreptitiously collecting personal data and selling it to advertise
 rs\; and shows how these companies have routinely colluded with the nation
 al security state to advance covert mass surveillance programs.\n\nEven mo
 re urgently\, the film details how the rise of social media as a leading i
 nformation source is working to isolate people into ideological filter bub
 bles and elevate fake news at the expense of real journalism. While most d
 ebates about the internet continue to focus on issues like the personal im
 pact of internet addiction or the questionable data-mining practices of in
 dividual companies like Facebook\, “Digital Disconnect” digs deeper to
  show how capitalism itself is turning the internet against democracy.\n\n
 A flyer you can print and post can be accessed at DigitalDisconnectFlyer
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