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2. Social media insiders warn user safeguards and efforts to stop disinformation have been 'cut to the bone'

Reply to onecaliberal (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 4, 2024, 08:40 PM

Nov 4

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-04/social-media-whistleblowers-insiders-safeguards-disinformation/104547868

Social media insiders warn user safeguards and efforts to stop disinformation have been 'cut to the bone'
By Louise Milligan, Alex McDonald and Jemima Burt
Sun 3 Nov

They were the people tasked with keeping users safe on the world's biggest social media platforms.

One by one they left the companies, disturbed by the risks of disinformation, threats to democracy and extreme dangers, particularly for young people.

These former insiders and whistleblowers say the guardrails meant to protect users are limited and ineffective and social media companies are reluctant to respond to criticism.

Whether or not you use X, Instagram, TikTok or Facebook, these platforms are shaping the world, upending lives and having profound consequences for their youngest users.

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Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement [View all] OKIsItJustMe Nov 4 OP

Why can't we turn them off? onecaliberal Nov 4 #1

Social media insiders warn user safeguards and efforts to stop disinformation have been 'cut to the bone' OKIsItJustMe Nov 4 #2

Why can't we just not look at social media, or at least not believe everything we see there? royable Nov 4 #3

This is as social mediay as I get OKIsItJustMe Nov 4 #4

I stopped reading at "both sides" PSPS Nov 4 #5

Yeah, I hear you OKIsItJustMe Nov 4 #6

There's a difference here. PSPS Nov 5 #7

I apologize for being too subtle OKIsItJustMe Nov 5 #9

Interestingly, Putin tries to damage democracies with disinformation; facts to citizens would damage Putin's rule. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 5 #8

Yes, his strategy seems to be to destroy democracies Mike 03 Nov 5 #10

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