Episode 31: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Part 1)
What exactly is the problem with the social media companies? Does it have something to do with data? Where is all this fake news coming from? Why is there so much hate online? A lot of people get the feeling that Big Tech is doing something wrong, but can’t quite put their finger on what it is.
In the book, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Jaron Lanier explicitly spelled out 10 fundamental issues with the social media companies and what you can do to help. In this episode, the humans discuss Lanier’s first 5 reasons and why they are so important to understand in today’s society. The conversation got so in depth that the humans ran out of time to record and will return next episode with the final 5 reasons why you should delete your social media accounts.
Shownotes:
The Social Dilemma on Netflix
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
Facebook was fined $5 billion dollars for the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Target finds out teen girl is pregnant before her Father
False news spreads six times faster than the truth
Facebook increases voter turnout
Why there isn’t fake news on LinkedIn
Facebook creating brutal violence and mass displacement in Myanmar
Facebook spreading misinformation in India
Facebook in South Sudan (Crtl+f “social media” to find the social media sections)
Facebook figures out your political affiliation
Tools you can use to avoid BUMMER
How to download your data from Facebook
How to Delete or Deactivate Facebook