Social media platforms run on the pervasive and largely imperceptible extraction, manipulation, and sale of users’ behavioral data. Every movement online is aggregated into a profile that is used not just to sell us shoes, but to maximize the efficiency of the model itself — keeping our attention longer with the most inflammatory content, filtering us into echo chambers, and sending us down rabbit holes of recommended content.
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Op-ed by Council for Responsible Social Media Legislative Associate Jamie Neikrie...
Op-ed by Council for Responsible Social Media member Emma Lembke...
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Today, three members of Issue One’s Council for Responsible Social Media will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the harms that children face in the online world, and what…
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In response to tonight’s State of the Union address, during which President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass bipartisan social media reforms to protect children online and address privacy…
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With comprehensive privacy legislation in place, EU regulators were able to protect Europeans from unknowingly agreeing to accept personalized ads, a decision that could have major implications for the tech giant’s business model....
In a pair of landmark decisions this week, European Union (EU) officials determined that the American tech company, Meta, failed to properly solicit consent from Instagram and Facebook users before…
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The new Council for Responsible Social Media brings together policymakers, impacted communities, and key stakeholders to advance meaningful, bipartisan reform...
Today, Issue One announced the launch of the Council for Responsible Social Media (CRSM), a crosspartisan and bipartisan group of national leaders united to hold social media platforms to higher…
