Regulate, break up, open up: how to fix Facebook in 2022
by Aisha Gani from Technology | The Guardian on (#5TCCG)
After another disastrous year for the company, experts and activists see clear ways to tackle its problems
This year the public saw an alarming side of Facebook, after a huge leak of internal documents revealed the extent of vaccine misinformation and extremism on the platform, a two-tier system of who gets to break the rules and the toxic effects of Instagram for teens.
Digital rights activists around the world have warned about these issues for years, but with the company facing mounting pressure, next year could provide an unprecedented opportunity for action.
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