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Cindy Cohn (EFF) Warns Jon Stewart That Americans Have to Make X and Meta ‘Less Important’ (www.thewrap.com)
submitted 5 days ago by MimicJar@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I suggest watching the video, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QkC1aK7jfLo but the article has an OK summary.

Also a Mastodon shout-out in the video.

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[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)

On the other hand, Stewarts is also right. An Instagram feed is not free speech, it's brain rot and propaganda and ruins society and lives. It needs to be regulated. Just letting then go on as they are while promoting alternatives misses the mark as to the threat posed by these platforms. Cohn seems to have a blind spot here.

I don't think so. She said she wants to make them unable to continue with their business like they did before, with regulations. Just not outright censorship, but instead go fight their data harvesting, decapitating their business strategy.

[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

yeah, the root issue is on their business strategy, the brainrot is just the conclusion of several years spent on optimizing engagement