EDITORIAL. The release of the French Parliament's commission report on the psychological effects of TikTok on minors marks progress in the fight against the potential harmful impacts of social media on young people's mental health.
education is not a silver bullet solution against propaganda. nobody is immune to it, and hyper-targeted algorithmic feeds are an order of magnitude more effective at influencing opinion than traditional print campaigns. it has never been easier to manufacture consensus and consent, and that kind of power absolutely needs guardrails. this is not a ‘for the children’ thing; younger people are uniquely vulnerable but this affects everybody on these platforms.
obviously mass censorship and social media bans are not the solution but there must be a better way than giving big tech corporations carte blanche to poison people’s brains for their advertisers’ ends (and their own).
education is not a silver bullet solution against propaganda. nobody is immune to it, and hyper-targeted algorithmic feeds are an order of magnitude more effective at influencing opinion than traditional print campaigns. it has never been easier to manufacture consensus and consent, and that kind of power absolutely needs guardrails. this is not a ‘for the children’ thing; younger people are uniquely vulnerable but this affects everybody on these platforms.
obviously mass censorship and social media bans are not the solution but there must be a better way than giving big tech corporations carte blanche to poison people’s brains for their advertisers’ ends (and their own).