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Social media is an "unhealthy online environment" 🤒

The problem lies with the business model that underpins these monopolistic platforms: they promote ragebait to rake in the money.

ORG's @jim told BBC News what needs to be done:

✅ Competition
✅ User empowerment
✅ Decentralisation

@happyborg@fosstodon.org replied · 2 weeks ago

Just tackling the feed algorithms would be a massive improvement and avoid the need for age verification overnight.

Instead governments follow the big tech lobby: aka money.

@light@noc.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@openrightsgroup @jim Fediverse suggests otherwise.

@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party replied · 2 weeks ago

@openrightsgroup
A PeerTube video about the problems with corporate-run social media?
That gets an automatic boost from me!
#SocialMedia #PeerTube #Fediverse

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