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The government have the powers to stop social media

Ava

We live in a world where social media causes harm to everyone. 
Yet the sites that aren’t safe are still there.

It’s a switch. It’s not that difficult. 

Turn it off!

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  • You reminded me that Tim Berners-Lee (aka TimBL), the inventor of the web as most of us know it, released the book "This is for Everyone" just recently. I've not bought it (nor plan to do it), but here he discusses the topic: https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Dysfunction.html (he is dyslexic, if you notice typos and such, that is the reason.) A key part is in that post is:

    [Social Media aims to] optimize for maximum engagement.

    In my view, all source code of websites should at least be open source, but should also be free (not as in gratis, but as in libre). This is what fsf, fsfe stand for. In particular, the algorithms should be free software.

    You can find other TimBL posts here: https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues

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  • You reminded me that Tim Berners-Lee (aka TimBL), the inventor of the web as most of us know it, released the book "This is for Everyone" just recently. I've not bought it (nor plan to do it), but here he discusses the topic: https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Dysfunction.html (he is dyslexic, if you notice typos and such, that is the reason.) A key part is in that post is:

    [Social Media aims to] optimize for maximum engagement.

    In my view, all source code of websites should at least be open source, but should also be free (not as in gratis, but as in libre). This is what fsf, fsfe stand for. In particular, the algorithms should be free software.

    You can find other TimBL posts here: https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues

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