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• The Damaging Impact of Big Tech and Social Media on Society
• The Internet: From Connection to Exploitation
• Profiting from Identities
• The Real Consequences
• Impact on Children's Metal Health
• The Threat to Society and Democracy
• Stripped Rights and Exploitation
• The Illusion of Techno-Capital Progress
• The Urgency of Owning Personal Data
• The Limitations of Tech Giants' Reforms
• The Accelerating Threat of AI
• Possible Future: A Better Web
• A Uniting Purpose for a Healthier Internet
• A Different Digital Ecosystem
• Join the Movement for a Better Web

The Damaging Impact of Big Tech and Social Media on Society

The influence of big tech and social media on our society has reached a level of significant concern. While there is a belief in the potential of technology to usher in an era of human prosperity and progress, it cannot be ignored that technology also has the capacity to trigger unimaginable destruction, a process fast-paced by AI.

The Internet: From Connection to Exploitation

The internet, which was initially created over five decades ago for connecting machines and data, has been reduced to a tool for exploiting the very people it was supposed to serve. Its design, now obsolete, has paved the way for a technocapital engine that manipulates and preys on individuals, leading to widespread dehumanization.

Profiting from Identities

The allure of enormous profits and wealth generation has turned the internet into a machine that harvests user identities to serve tech giants and social media behemoths. The disastrous price the world is paying for their wealth generation cannot be ignored.

The Real Consequences

The damaging effects of this digital dehumanization are evident in the breakdown of civility and democracy, the intensifying cultural and political polarization, and the radicalization of individuals. It's seen in the censorship of free speech, rise in violent incidents, the questioning of truth and goodness, and the undermining of parental role in child safety. AI's threat to jobs only exacerbates these problems.

Impact on Children's Metal Health

The mental health of children is seriously threatened by a system that exploits their insecurities and self-doubt to such an extent that it alters their brains. The system's impact is so severe that it's leading to increased self-harm and suicides among children.

The Threat to Society and Democracy

A society and its democratic values cannot survive under such autocratic, centralized technology.

Stripped Rights and Exploitation

The internet, as it stands, deprives people of their rights by failing to recognize them as human beings and seeing them simply as data sources. This dehumanization by Big Tech becomes a means of manipulation and monetization. The voice and rights of people will remain suppressed until they are recognized as more than mere data producers.

The Illusion of Techno-Capital Progress

A small group of techno-capital innovators continue to exploit us under the guise of progress. The techno-optimists maintain that everything is fine, but their insistence is a plea to not disrupt the wealth they accumulate from data exploitation.

The Urgency of Owning Personal Data

There is a strong belief in the power of individual data ownership as a step towards a better internet and a healthier world. The assertion is clear: you should own your data, not Big Tech.

The Limitations of Tech Giants' Reforms

The touted reforms by tech giants are mere deceptive remedies that allow them to continue profiting from society and children's exploitation.

The Accelerating Threat of AI

The urgency to act is amplified by AI, a powerful accelerant that is being leveraged to fuel Big Tech's further growth. Without a people-centered internet, AI risks fanning the flames of a digital fire that is already harming children, communities, and workplaces.

Possible Future: A Better Web

People possess inherent rights that should not be forfeited merely by being active on the internet. These rights should extend to digital identities, setting a path for a better and more humane web.

A Uniting Purpose for a Healthier Internet

A more human internet transcends political parties or ideologies and unites every individual who believes in the potential for improvement. It is fundamental to check the move fast and break things approach and prevent tech elites from profiting from the destruction of democracy and human lives.

A Different Digital Ecosystem

Building a better digital ecosystem can rejuvenate innovation, competition, and capitalism, providing people with a voice in governing platforms and sharing in the profits generated by their data. People should be free digital citizens and not digital serfs to Big Tech.

Join the Movement for a Better Web

A better world where technology unites us rather than breaks us is within reach. A new, improved web is in the making where data ownership and digital rights are prioritized. Make a stand to own your data and reclaim your digital rights.

Edited by Jonathan Stoker