IMO we need to dismantle the surveillance advertising biz model & the surveillance and centralized control at its heart.
But this doesn't do that. Instead, it advocates for 'transparency' w/o accountability + inexplicably ONLY names e2ee encryption as a "risk" to children.
What's clear here, broadly, are the sharp limits of shareholder-driven activism when it comes to curtailing a toxic-yet-profitable business model.
Ceasing targeted ads, killing the "find a friend" feature, curbing engagement driven objective functions...all would actually work to curb the harms to children/democracy/etc.
A transparency report + eliminating the small refuge of privacy that Meta provides will not make a dent. Indeed, the implication that the ability to communicate privately is dangerous is itself a v dangerous claim.
Esp now, in 2024 when Jessica Burgess is living in prison bc Facebook turned over messages detailing her accessing reproductive care in a state where this had been made illegal.
I'd love to work w Francis + others on REAL solutions. & I'm frustrated that so much of the purported "solution space" is occupied by toothless, even dangerous proposals that are implicitly limited by unwillingness to touch the (profitable) business models core to these harms.
@Mer__edith this proposal has nothing to do with legal pressure, of course
https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/112450713934392384
Attached: 1 image We've opened formal proceedings against Meta regarding the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram. The systems of both platforms, including their algorithms, may stimulate behavioural addictions in children, as well as create so-called 'rabbit-hole effects’. More: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2664 #DSA #EU
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