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April 15, 2018 07:34 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NEP9H2uYIRo/is-it-time-to-stop-using-social-media
Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media?
Slashdot reader Nicola Hahn writes: Bulk data collection isn't the work of a couple of bad apples. Corporate social media is largely predicated on stockpiling and mining user information. As Zuckerberg explained to lawmakers, it's their business model... While Zuckerberg has offered public apologias, spurring genuine regulation will probably be left to the public. Having said that, confronting an economic sector which makes up one of the country's largest political lobbying blocks might not be a tenable path in the short term. The best immediate option for netizens may be to opt out of social media entirely. The original submission links to this call-to-action from Counterpunch:Take personal responsibility for your own social life. Go back to engaging flesh and blood people without tech companies serving as an intermediary. Eschew the narcissistic impulse to broadcast the excruciating minutiae of your life to the world. Refuse to accept the mandate that you must participate in social media in order to participate in society. Reclaim your autonomy.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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