An LA Court's ruling on Meta and Google exposes the real causes of online harms.
Engagement-driven design and data-fuelled advertising business models put people at risk.
Yet the UK government's approach to online safety has focussed on keeping kids out and locking adults in to toxic platforms.
#onlinesafety #meta #google #youtube #bigtech #socialmedia #ukpolitics #ukpol #BreakBigTech
The real long term hit on the future:
Falling literacy levels in the young.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/22/declining-reading-habits-threaten-u-s-democracy-and-social-connection/
https://thermtide.com/23602/opinions/social-media-promotes-reading-level-decline/
https://www.yourtango.com/self/kids-use-social-media-behind-vital-skills-finds-study
Falling physical fitness in the young.
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-social-media-soars-kids-sports.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/education-decline-low-expectations/684526/
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1700213/full
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Nicole Parsons