Social media giants have pushed engagement-driven designs to keep us on their platforms, so they can harvest our data for advertising revenues.
The landmark verdict against Meta and Google is a crucial step in acknowledging that Big Tech's harmful business models are creating toxic online spaces.
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The UK Government should take note. Age ID checks for Internet access won't solve online harms.
It does nothing to tackle their structural causes: advertising-driven business models built on surveillance, profiling and maximising engagement.
All it does is threaten privacy. We must #BreakBigTech.
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ORG calls on the UK Government to:
✅️ Uphold data protection law to tackle targeted advertising that fuel the attention economy and feed online hate.
✅️ Compel social media companies to be transparent about algorithms and give users control over them.
✅️ Introduce social media switching rights similar to banking and mobile phones, so we can change platforms without losing networks.
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Our report details how we can improve the online environment by empowering users.
Pursuing online safety in ways that preserve and even strengthen the dominance of Big Tech is a self-defeating mission.
We need to break these monopolies and push for competition through interoperability.
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A report and recommendations to improve on the online environment through user empowerment Social media platforms dominate the online “attention market,” where user engagement and personal data are monetised through targeted advertising.
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