In an op-ed for The Irish Times, technology journalist Karlin Lillington writes about her invitation to speak before the Grand International Committee on Disinformation. She said panelists argued the current social media business model is the foundation of serious problems and should be banned. “If we can better understand, and more adequately address these serious harms — the way they come about, how the platforms are utilised, the worrying support sometimes given by platforms that are intent on increased user engagement and that ignore the context of that engagement, the toxic business models that support such activity — we can better resolve the problem for all of us,” Lillington writes.
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