Haven B’s Reviews > LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media > Status Update

Things I've learned from this book since I last updated:
how memes are used as weapons in real life online wars and the entomology of memes, how Kim Kardashian's influence over her huge swath of followers and fans on social media relates to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, botnets and online Russian sockpuppets, and the graphically exaggerated or completely made up propaganda of both sides in the Gaza-Isreal conflict

Co founder of Twitter: “I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world was automatically gonna be a better place. I was wrong about that”
WOW NO KIDDING YOU WERE DEFINITELY WRONG

“Social media is the faceless enemy. The old adage ‘sticks and stones may break my bones but words do not hurt me’, I believe is no longer true. I believe words are causing people to die”