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Government must move away from toxic social media platforms | Open Rights Group [Video] (peertube.openrightsgroup.org)
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We shouldn't be forced to use toxic platforms that track and profile us in order to get public information.

Platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube track and profile their users so that they can target advertising towards them.

Their business models fuel online harms by pushing more and more extreme content to users. Despite this, these platforms are one of the primary ways that government departments share public information.

Tell your MP to support the EDM calling on the UK Government to ensure that all public sector social media content is published on open, decentralised and federated platforms!

Act now: https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-government-must-move-away-toxic-social-media-platforms

#socialMedia #UK #politics #UKpolitics #fediverse #initiative

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[–] 2 points 22 hours ago

Ethics and morals according to whom? There are plenty of toxic people & groups on the Fediverse. We don’t need defederation getting in the way of things. What makes the most sense is encouraging governments to move their sites over to providers that integrate open protocols. That way the information on their sites can make it onto feeds and it’s no another social platform they need to juggle.

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