happyborgMar 12, 2023

Interview with #DavidAuerbach, the author of "#Meganets" about large scale online networks, why they are a problem and how best to deal with them.

Spoiler: not the way government's are trying to deal with them.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/12/software-engineer-david-auerbach-big-tech-is-in-denial-about-not-being-in-control

#SocialMedia #Regulation

Software engineer David Auerbach: ‘Big tech is in denial about not being in control’

The writer says that meganets – the huge tech networks already part of daily life – have led to groupthink and the breakdown of public discourse and that we must exert more influence on them

The Guardian