Interesting read on social media addiction.

I think the real underlying issue relates to the intention economy based on data extraction.

Addiction or not, data is stillexyracted, and intentions are derived.

But they are focused on the addiction angle.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/03/the-social-media-addiction-verdicts-are-built-on-a-scientific-premise-that-experts-keep-telling-us-is-wrong/

#socialmedia #dataextraction #intentioneconomy #consent #privacy

The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Are Built On A Scientific Premise That Experts Keep Telling Us Is Wrong

Last week, I wrote about why the social media addiction verdicts against Meta and YouTube should worry anyone who cares about the open internet. The short version: plaintiffs’ lawyers found a…

Techdirt

Interesting read on #openai and #meta. Claims related to #privacy are at odds with the #IntentionEconomy mechanisms that would happen upstream. They don't need your name.

Just your behavioral gradient. And that forecasts... more than you might like.

#chatgpt #ai #advertising

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/04/openai-meta-makeover

OpenAI gets a Meta-style makeover with ads

OpenAI will begin testing ads on ChatGPT this month.

Axios

Presently #whatsapp is under scrutiny, but people forget that the CEO of WhatsApp stepped down due to privacy concerns back in 2018.

#Meta owns WhatsApp. It's part of their intention economy, as is #Facebook, #Instagram,...

And that intention economy, first optimistic *for* users, is weaponized against users. Anyone remember the Cambridge Analytica scandal?

Understand the #IntentionEconomy.

It likely already understands you.

#privacy

https://knowprose.com/2025/05/introducing-the-intention-economy/

Introducing the Intention Economy - KnowProSE.com

Over the last week, I've touched on the information economy and the attention economy, and those were to prime for the intention economy. Doc Searls first mentioned the 'intention economy', at least as far as I know, back in 2006: "The Intention Economy grows around buyers, not sellers. It leverages the simple fact that buyers

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With all the "AI Experts" I keep hearing about in Trinidad and Tobago, I can't see how they miss how AI ties so much derived from the information economy together.

https://knowprose.com/2025/05/ai-legislation-in-trinidad-and-tobago-what-theyre-not-talking-about/

#AI #TrinidadAndTobago #consenteconomy #informationeconomy #attentioneconomy #intentioneconomy

AI Legislation in Trinidad and Tobago: What They’re Not Talking About - KnowProSE.com

There’s a lot of noise about artificial intelligence these days, and in the latest round of headlines, it seems Trinidad and Tobago has joined the global chorus. President Christine Kangaloo recently called for urgent legislation around AI, and CyberSafeTT backed that call with pointed reminders about Trinidad and Tobago's outdated cybercrime laws and the long-dormant

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Today, choose one moment not to react. Let an ad scroll past. Don’t click the headline that’s baiting you. Keep one part of your day untouched by someone else’s plan for your time. Just notice how that feels.

#intentioneconomy #consenteconomy

Beyond Attention: The Next Frontiers of the Digital Economy - KnowProSE.com

The information economy laid the groundwork, the attention economy built the walls, the intention economy promised to open the doors. But somewhere in the middle of all of that, we forgot to ask one important question, a question that we always seem to ignore. What's next? It is easy to get lost in the buzzwords,

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Introducing the Intention Economy - KnowProSE.com

Over the last week, I've touched on the information economy and the attention economy, and those were to prime for the intention economy. Doc Searls first mentioned the 'intention economy', at least as far as I know, back in 2006: "The Intention Economy grows around buyers, not sellers. It leverages the simple fact that buyers

KnowProSE.com - Where one line can make a difference.
Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn

Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier that researchers call the “intention

University of Cambridge
Imagine a future where AI doesn’t just predict your choices—it makes them. You log in, Google chooses your sites, Amazon fills your cart—before you even ask. You knew the attention economy; now, meet the intention economy. But are you in control—or is AI?
More at this link: https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/ujvharkk/release/1#intention-in-llm-development
#AI #Future #IntentionEconomy
Beware the Intention Economy: Collection and Commodification of Intent via Large Language Models

Harvard Data Science Review