JCPA in New York Times on Social Media Polarization

In a recent New York Times piece exploring how people are forming views on the Israel-Gaza war in today’s hyper-polarized environment, JCPA CEO Amy Spitalnick underscored the dangerous role that social media plays in fueling division.

As the article notes, online influence campaigns, artificial intelligence-generated images, and bot-driven accounts have helped amplify one-sided narratives and conspiracy theories. This dynamic has made it increasingly difficult to engage in nuanced, fact-based conversation about such complex issues.

“There’s a direct link between the rise of polarization on issues like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the ways in which this has been repeatedly reinforced by zero-sum thinking and conspiracy theories on social media,” said Amy Spitalnick, Chief Executive of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

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