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Andrew Marantz On How Extremist Groups Recruit Using Social Media

Andrew Marantz discusses his new book 'Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation.'
Posted at 1:54 PM, Nov 01, 2019
and last updated 2022-09-02 04:19:33-04

Author and New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz talks about his new book,"Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation." He discusses how tech companies, in setting out to connect the world, have facilitated division among certain groups. Watch "The Why" weeknights at 7 p.m. ET. Click here to check local listings.