Accepting an award for his humanitarian work Wednesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger attacked social media for its role in spreading hate. “Hitler would have loved social media,' said Iger at the Simon Wiesenthal Center tribute dinner, according to Variety.
Accepting an award for his humanitarian work Wednesday, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger attacked social media for its role in spreading hate.
“It creates a false sense that everyone shares the same opinion,” he continued. “Social media allows evil to prey on troubled minds and lost souls, and we all know that social news feeds can contain more fiction than fact, propagating vile ideology that has no place in a civil society that values human life.”
His sharp rebuke a came day after lawmakers and tech giants met on Capitol Hill for a House Judiciary Committee hearing scrutinizing the spread of white nationalism and hate speech through social media platforms. The Tuesday hearing, sprinkled with explosive moments, included testimony by executives from companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google and came weeks after a self-proclaimed white supremacist killed 50 people at two New Zealand mosques.
“In the last few years, we have been harshly reminded that hate takes many forms, sometimes disguising itself as more socially acceptable expression like fear or resentment or contempt,” Iger said during his speech at the Beverly Hilton. “It is consuming our public discourse and shaping our country and culture into something that is wholly unrecognizable to those of us who still believe in stability, human rights and basic decency.
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