Stuart Young says Social Media is the biggest threat to Democracy and he wish it could be turned off

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The National Security Minister says that while social media has great effects in his view "this is the single largest threat we now have to democracy."

The Minister's position on the matter was outlined by the Ministry after he opened a workshop on the Regional Workshop on Cybersecurity and Strengthening Democratic Processes at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Monday.

Juhel Browne reports.
https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/7pmnews/you ... 3ae40.html

[VexXx Dogg]

I sorry eh but LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[matr1x]

He should ask he step daughter.


And a certain person son.

[viedcht]

[Redman]

Talk about an insecure minister of Nat Sec

[Rovin]

to put it nice : stewy losing he marbles or wah ...

[Dizzy28]

Ohh Stewie!!!

[pugboy]

This is what happens when arrogance begins to cloud rational thinking

Same thing happened to manning

[vaiostation]

Just now he and faris go pass a law so all yuh people could stop bullying them...

[eliteauto]

Haven't watched the report to get context, but reading the headline I agree with him. Prior to social media, politicians were able to fool the masses and the a$$es with ease, democratic stupidity passed of as democratic stability. Social media enabled questions to be asked , actions to face scrutiny and gave political alternatives a platform to reach the electorate. If I was a politician in this place hoping to keep the status quo I'd say it's undemocratic too

[regone]

This is what happens when arrogance begins to cloud rational thinking

Same thing happened to manning

i don't think we had a rational thinking minister in the pass 50 years. These people come from a privilege life or was given their post due to some sort of corruption so they would never understand what the average citizen face to fix it..

[The_Honourable]

Prior to social media, politicians were able to fool the masses and the a$$es with ease, democratic stupidity passed of as democratic stability. Social media enabled questions to be asked , actions to face scrutiny and gave political alternatives a platform to reach the electorate. If I was a politician in this place hoping to keep the status quo I'd say it's undemocratic too

This right here.

Maybe if politicians foresaw this a decade ago or more, they might have clamped down like China.

[bluefete]

Haven't watched the report to get context, but reading the headline I agree with him. Prior to social media, politicians were able to fool the masses and the a$$es with ease, democratic stupidity passed of as democratic stability. Social media enabled questions to be asked , actions to face scrutiny and gave political alternatives a platform to reach the electorate. If I was a politician in this place hoping to keep the status quo I'd say it's undemocratic too

Zoom Rader would have been so proud of you.

[Les Bain]

All I hadda tell Stuarty is doh call the police, CALL DE 4KIN MORGUE.

[matr1x]

Of course he afraid.....ting does come out...

[streetbeastINC.]

Future ??Agenda

[vaiostation]

De 1% propaganda tv networks, radio stations and newspapers getting bypassed by social media, so now politicians need to find another way to control the "message".

[pugboy]

Yup
Social media mashup a lot of the propaganda machinery and expose plenty wrongs
But. It still have plenty quirks

Haven't watched the report to get context, but reading the headline I agree with him. Prior to social media, politicians were able to fool the masses and the a$$es with ease, democratic stupidity passed of as democratic stability. Social media enabled questions to be asked , actions to face scrutiny and gave political alternatives a platform to reach the electorate. If I was a politician in this place hoping to keep the status quo I'd say it's undemocratic too

[Slartibartfast]

Prior to social media, politicians were able to fool the masses and the a$$es with ease, democratic stupidity passed of as democratic stability. Social media enabled questions to be asked , actions to face scrutiny and gave political alternatives a platform to reach the electorate. If I was a politician in this place hoping to keep the status quo I'd say it's undemocratic too

This right here.

Maybe if politicians foresaw this a decade ago or more, they might have clamped down like China.

Well look like you guys have it covered. This is the problem exactly. It's a lot more difficult to get away with bobol when people could easily fact check you and get the word out. I think the entire internet itself is a problem. We should go back to regular newspapers. If you want to fact check anything you have to buy the last 10,000 issues and manually flip through the pages.

[redmanjp]

If they trying to ban it we the citizens need to challenge it as that would be unconstitutional

[Cantmis]

I thought Stuart was Chinese but it look like he is north Korean!

[pugboy]

Doh forget a 1% say facebook should be banned the other day

[fatboy slim]

Stuart Young is a waste of time

[pugboy]

Nah rowlee say he is his Gary sobers

Stuart Young is a waste of time

[rspann]

Well lead by example. Shut down the PNM pages, and the MONS pages.

[rspann]

Well lead by example. Shut down the PNM pages, and the MONS pages.

[maj. tom]

Prior to social media, politicians were able to fool the masses and the a$$es with ease, democratic stupidity passed of as democratic stability. Social media enabled questions to be asked , actions to face scrutiny and gave political alternatives a platform to reach the electorate. If I was a politician in this place hoping to keep the status quo I'd say it's undemocratic too

This right here.

Maybe if politicians foresaw this a decade ago or more, they might have clamped down like China.

They still fooling the public and doing what they want. Seeing no difference that social media has made in the level of corruption. When journalists ask questions what Rowley does? How does our PM treat the press and any reports against his administration? Ignore it, treat them like scum, rail up and say how everybody lying on him (like the recent BBC report) and move along with business as usual. And then create fake emails and schemes to focus on what Kamla didn't do while he is sitting in the PM Office. Social media has just made the population more miserable in realizing what the leaders are doing.

[speedmelter]

Pretty soon Anthony Garcia will come out and say that education is the genesis of rebellion among the citizenry and its a burden on the taxpayer dollar

[sMASH]

bai, could block young for pelting out too much click bait.

[Rovin]

many of us wish we cud turn off d pnm\unc but sadly dat aint gonna happen ....