As social media more frequently exposes people to brutality and untruths, we need to treat it like a consumer product, and that means product safety regulations
Like many people, I’ve used Twitter , or X, less and less over the last year. There is no one single reason for this: the system has simply become less useful and fun. But when the terrible news about the attacks in Israel broke recently, I turned to X for information. Instead of updates from journalists , I was confronted with graphic images of the attacks that were brutal and terrifying. I wasn’t the only one; some of these posts had millions of views and were shared by thousands of people.
Like cars and medicines, social media needs product safety standards to keep users safe. We still don’t have all the answers on how to build those standards, which is why social media companies must share more information about their algorithms and platforms with the public.
More research is desperately needed, but some things are becoming clear. Dark patterns like autoplaying videos and endless feeds are particularly dangerous to children, whose brains are not developed yet and who often lack the mental maturity to put their phones down. Engagement-based recommendation algorithms disproportionately recommend extreme content.
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