Has the Right conquered social media – and can the Left win it back?

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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As Musk and Zuckerberg vie to enshittify Twitter and Facebook, is the Right’s victory over social media final? Is there something intrinsic to social media that drives its users rightwards (and crazy)? Does Zuckerberg believe in anything at all? Expert in digital politics and radicalisation Alan Finlayson joins us to look at the abasement of Big Tech before Trumpism. Plus: Has Starmer drunk the A.I. Kool-Aid or is it really the key to Britain’s growth conundrum? And in the Extra Bit, why saying “not a good look” is not a good look. Support us on Patreon for an ad-free listening experience – and to independent podcasting alive! Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey with Marie le Conte and Ros Taylor. Audio production by Robin Leeburn and Tom Taylor. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.2	Welcome to Oh God, What Now.
1:20.3	I'm Dorian Linsky.
1:24.9	On today's show, with Mark Zuckerberg bowing to Donald Trump's will over Meta's policies,
1:28.7	how did the right end up dominating social media? And how can the left fight back? Plus, Kirstama wants to make the UK a world leader in AI, but with hostility to
1:34.0	AI growing, could it backfire? And in the extra bit for supporters, the economist columnist Duncan
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