Government must move away from toxic social media platforms
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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 t...

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

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  • mannycalavera@feddit.ukEnglish
    81·
    11 hours ago

    Governments will move when these platforms have the reach as the toxic ones do. They’re not on Facebook and Twitter for fun. They’re on them because it’s incredibly easy to reach people without much hassle. The toxicity they can generate is just a happy byproduct for them.

    • hatingfedizen@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      201·
      11 hours ago

      It is important to make distinctions:

      • as politicians they can use and campaign in whatever platform they want.
      • As Government officials, they must be forced by legislation to use a Government Federated instance so everyone has access to their communication and no Big Tech oligarch has the power to decide how these messages reach the population.
    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      10 hours ago

      Being government, they ate uniquely positioned to create reach by moving to ethical platforms anyway and forcing the public to follow.