Growing disinformation: Is the end of the Enlightenment threatening?

When truth becomes the mass of negotiations and algorithms and disinformation shape the discourse, democracy is in danger. There is a way out.

An American scientist who conducts research on misinformation, information education or censorship... may be censored by the new administration.

"Distributing information can be a job paid for by some of the world's biggest brands thanks to Google," says Craig Silverman, tech journalist for ProPublica in the documentary "Dangerous Network – The Dark Side of Algorithms". The film is currently on view in the SRF Mediathek. The original title better sums up the topic: "The Click Trap: The Dark Side of Digital Advertising". The documentary reveals the ultimately brutal machinery of the globa…