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Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Inside the Rage Machine review we're all doomed, totally doomed

Social media platforms are deliberately designed to maximize engagement and profit for billionaire owners, causing documented harm to users, particularly young people, with little accountability or regulation.
Social justice
fromMail Online
1 week ago

Boys as young as 11 are being exposed to misogyny online, study finds

Young boys aged 11-14 are rapidly exposed to misogynistic content online, with 73% encountering harmful material within 18 minutes of logging on, driven by algorithms designed to maximize engagement.
fromVulture
3 months ago

The Best TikToks of 2025, According to Julie Klausner

Despite an arduous 12-hour ban at the beginning of 2025, the TikTok app keeps relentlessly pumping out content that becomes increasingly upsetting the longer you scroll, reinforces your worst fears about humanity when you read any comment section, harms your brain in ways in ways that are probably severe and permanent but it's too soon to say, and dispenses antisemitism at a "Lucy and Ethel standing over a conveyer belt of chocolates"-like pace.
Humor
Mental health
fromTechCrunch
5 months ago

Prince Harry and Meghan call out the harmful effects of social media on today's youth | TechCrunch

Social media algorithms and unregulated AI have contributed to severe child harm, prompting families and organizations to seek accountability and support.
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