Social media is "killing people" ... alas it has made it cheaper for bad actors to target and manipulate people rather than encourage a society built on doing good and educating. However, mainstream has been complicit. Look at Fox News. How is that allowed to broadcast? ...
https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1416129736305266697
... the difficulty with "managing" social media is it also has enabled many positives i.e. Masks4All. It also challenges existing orthodoxy and power structures (European Soccer League, Meals for Kids). I don't see that happening so much with mainstream broadcasters ...
... so yes, there needs to be a Gov push towards integrity, transparency and challenge within the media. However, this has got to include mainstream. There is no way on earth that Fox News and its like should ever be allowed to exist.
But alas, this is where we get into "freedom of speech" and how you should be allowed to spread whatever views you wish - assuming you can afford it. Which is the problem, If we really were talking about freedom of speech then everyone would have an equal right to be heard ...
... but they don't. Money buys reach, it manipulates the narrative and it prevents the speech of others.
Which is why the focus should be on encouraging transparency and integrity whilst simultaneously supporting those platforms which enable democratisation of speech and diminishing those that don't.
But to really do that, the society needs to have a long discussion on the balance of the rights of Me (of individual choice often based on wealth) versus the right of We (our duty to others as a society).
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