The parallel between social media & smoking is gaining traction due to:
the similarity of usage level to harm caused (albeit of different sorts);
the role of business groups in trying to undermine r...
@nprofile1q... It’s a terrible metaphor, except in the vague allusion to addiction by design.
As we’ve said so many times, the keys here are:
Governance; local legal control over personally or socially harmful effects such as algorithms, excessive data gathering, or social advertising designed into products.
Moderation; local legal control over acceptable forms of content, compulsory warning labelling of content, via effective proactive moderation (with some thought for mental health of mods)
As we’ve said so many times, the keys here are:
Governance; local legal control over personally or socially harmful effects such as algorithms, excessive data gathering, or social advertising designed into products.
Moderation; local legal control over acceptable forms of content, compulsory warning labelling of content, via effective proactive moderation (with some thought for mental health of mods)