British comedy icon Rowan Atkinson has said online mob justice makes him “fear for the future” and lashed out at the algorithmically generated outrage perpetuated by social media platforms.
In a recent interview with the Radio Times magazine, Atkinson, 65, described online cancel culture as the “digital equivalent of the medieval mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn,” while detailing what he perceives as the increasing polarization of the world and how it’s exacerbated by online discourse.
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