Disney CEO Bob Iger lambasted social media for creating an echo chamber for hate while receiving a Humanitarian Award Wednesday night.
Disney CEO Bob Iger delivered a scalding rebuke of social media at a dinner at the Simon Wiesenthal Center Wednesday where he was honored with the 2019 Humanitarian Award.
Iger's criticism echoes that of regulators and lawmakers around the world. Over the past two days, representatives from tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google have been called to testify in front of congress about how white nationalist sentiment spreads on their platforms and about whether their processes to remove content reflects political bias within their companies.
"It creates a false sense that everyone shares the same opinion," Iger said, according to Variety."Social media allows evil to prey on troubled minds and lost souls and we all know that social news feeds can contain more fiction than fact, propagating vile ideology that has no place in a civil society that values human life."
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