Social Commentary · Technology
Blocked
A clear-eyed exploration of how social media connects us, divides us, shapes young lives, and controls the information each of us is allowed to see.
About the book
The systems shaping what we see, believe, and become.
Blocked examines both the promise and the price of social media. The same platforms that connect families, build communities, and give ordinary people a public voice can also amplify outrage, encourage harassment, expose young people to harm, and divide society into competing versions of reality.
Looking beyond individual posts and arguments, the book asks who controls visibility, whose voices disappear, and how algorithms quietly shape the information placed before us. It is a human examination of technology, influence, responsibility, and the growing difficulty of knowing whether we are choosing what we see or whether it has already been chosen for us.