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Data Stories: Social Media’s Spread, Risk, and Opposition

A brief history of social media platforms, how social media spreads misinformation, and where social media is blocked.

  • By Upside Staff
  • July 14, 2021

 

Remember Friendster?

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization on Reddit

This animation found on Reddit shows the growth and decline of various social networks over the last 17 years.

 

How Lies Spread Online

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization at Scientific American 

This Scientific American article digs deep into how cognitive biases, bots, and other factors increase how misinformation spreads on social media.

 

Shutting Down Social Speech

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization at SurfShark 

The VPN provider Surfshark created a series of graphics that explore where social media networks have been blocked by government action.

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