▲ 128 ▼ Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement, say whistleblowers (www.bbc.com) submitted 7 months ago by Valnao@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago (1 child) Study results Article permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* emotional contagion If that doesn't sum up all of social media for the past decade, I can't think of a better term. This is no different than the tobacco companies discovering that tobacco was bad and then sitting on the data and muddying the waters for decades so that they could make profit... but instead of lung cancers, Zuckerberg's machine is causing genocide and destroying democracies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* emotional contagion If that doesn't sum up all of social media for the past decade, I can't think of a better term. This is no different than the tobacco companies discovering that tobacco was bad and then sitting on the data and muddying the waters for decades so that they could make profit... but instead of lung cancers, Zuckerberg's machine is causing genocide and destroying democracies. permalink fedilink source parent
