This is true and it needs to change. Intervention from governments is required, as it has been in other sectors in the past. Further delay means significant damage to our society. This can be fixed and it should be. Canada can protect its own people with its own laws #cdnpoli
Economics,1972:
X makes good/offers service that Y needs. Y gives X money so X can buy other goods and services.
Economics,2022:
X creates app that distracts Y from our dystopian hell for 5 minutes. Y lets X spy on Y forever. X sells the info to others selling more distractions.
“Meta is attempting to shift attention from their mistakes by rolling out parental guides, use timers and content-control features that consumers should have had all along,” said @MarshaBlackburn. “This is a hollow ‘product announcement.’
https://t.co/XnftYVH4Zx
Free and open society warning: "Just a handful of companies control a majority of the world’s most popular social media platforms" - and algorithms.
Source: https://t.co/0uNWmUE7Ki #media#asharething
“Many of LinkedIn’s users pay to use its premium product, so its users are its customers, and the interests are aligned. LinkedIn also sells a premium product to recruiters, who want to get people jobs, and creepy targeting won’t help.” - @Kantrowitz https://t.co/xT08ARh2t4
"We are now in social media's Big Tobacco moment."
This is the #facebook#whistleblower interview that you need to listen to. We advise orgs on how to best use social media and this age of unregulated irresponsibility for platforms must end. #cdnpoli https://t.co/KsegyRTZLM
Full agreement! This is not the case today. The promise of #socialmedia when we started 10 years ago was optimistic and exciting, Facebook has made it dangerous and dystopian. Our clients need to reach their audience, not hack democracy. #asharething#leadership
Haugen: "I believe in the potential of Facebook. We can have social media we enjoy, that connects us, WITHOUT tearing apart our democracy, putting our children in danger and sowing ethnic violence around the world. We can do better."
40% of people admitted they would be willing to share conspiracy theories that they know to be untrue.
Why?
Because they want to share information that will boost their social engagement. You can’t fix misinformation if you ignore social motives.
https://t.co/ZWMtTnkQvS
With information and research like this, a smart society would adjust. A responsible government would regulate to protect its children. #cdnpoli#childproofingsocial
It's about time.
“Our agenda will level the playing field and ensure the wealthiest, most powerful tech monopolies play by the same rules as the rest of us.” #asharething#social#tech https://t.co/opfuDBdoRy
"Our findings suggest that the future of work will be increasingly hybrid." #gettowork#wfa
- enable employees to move seamlessly between onsite and #remotework
- decide what is the appropriate physical space—both size and shape—for the hybrid office https://t.co/9zEvT5UuF7
"You should follow people not just because you agree with their conclusions but because you respect the integrity of their thought process" - @AdamMGrant https://t.co/tnt68DhZrU
#AShareThing#quote