Your clarification regarding the severity of print and audio media and their impact on the morals of Muslims?

Question:
The question: I ask for clarification on the danger of print, audio, and visual media, and the extent of their impact on Muslims in generating hypocrisy in the hearts of Muslims. The best evidence of this hypocrisy is the series that do not address Islam. May Allah reward you with the best reward.

Answer:
This is where the efforts of the rulers come in. We ask Allah to make the means beneficial. The rest of the media is among the most obligatory matters that must be purified and reformed, because it encompasses both the interior and the exterior, and its harm is widespread, and its deficiency is widespread. It is obligatory for the state and the scholars to cooperate in reforming it and making it upright so that it fulfills its duty with good. The state and the people of knowledge must do what is required regarding the reform of media, because its evil is great if it is neglected, and its benefit is great if it is upright, takes charge of good, and spreads good. There is no doubt that it is very dangerous and must be reformed and restricted from everything that harms people. We ask Allah to help us in that, and we ask Allah to guide the rulers and the guardians of the servants, and to hasten its reform, and to guide the rulers of the servants with it.