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Former U.S. President Barack Obama said using social media in a harmful way can lead to the \u201cBalkanization of society,\u201d in what is seen as a dig at his successor and prolific tweeter Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Obama was speaking to Prince Harry in an interview for the BBC<\/a> broadcast Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

The former president said technology should be used \u201cin a way that allows a multiplicity of voices, allows a diversity of views, but doesn\u2019t lead to a Balkanization of society and allows ways of finding common ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cOne of the dangers of the internet is that people can have entirely different realities,\u201d describing how some people end up only reading media that \u201creinforces their current biases.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the internet, everything is simple,\u201d Obama said, but \u201cwhen you meet face to face, it turns out it is complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

While not mentioning Trump by name, the former president\u2019s comments feed into the debate about how social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have contributed to the rise of \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his 2008 election campaign, Obama was credited with being the first presidential candidate to successfully create an online and social media platform that mobilized younger voters.<\/p>\n

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