Does social media strengthen or undermine democracy?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Does social media strengthen or undermine democracy?". Your opponent's style: socratic philospher

algorithm followed by social media highlights what we want to see not the truth

You've just admitted social media's real power, then blamed the algorithm. But algorithms didn't invent human bias, they just scaled it. People chose their own echo chambers long before code did. Why blame the tool for what we built it to do?

but its against democracy

That's circular logic. Democracy needs informed citizens, yes, but algorithms didn't create misinformation, they amplified what people already wanted to believe. If your argument is "social media shows us what we want," then the real problem is us, not the platform. How do you fix that with regulation?

deep fakes on social media spreads wong infomation

Deepfakes existed before social media amplified them, but here's your real problem: you're confusing distribution with creation. Print media spread lies for centuries. Why is algorithmic speed democracy's death knell but old-fashioned propaganda wasn't?