Pope Francis speaks as as Prefect of the papal household Georg Gaenswein looks on during an audience with participants in the Course on the Internal Forum, on March 29, 2019 at Paul-VI hall in the Vatican.Internet-based “fake news” is fomenting prejudice and hatred, Pope Francis said on Tuesday, warning our culture “has lost its sense of truth and bends the facts to suit particular interests”.
Social networks encourage contact between people who already think alike, precluding them from debate, he said. “As a result, Carlo said, ‘everyone is born as an original, but many people end up dying as photocopies’. Don’t let that happen to you!”“Indeed, the digital environment is also one of loneliness, manipulation, exploitation and violence… blocking the development of authentic interpersonal relationships.”
“He needs the young to be shallow, uprooted and distrustful, so that they can trust only in his promises and act according to his plans.”