What Are the Structural Changes to Social Media?

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Social media is a powerful tool for intimidation. We can tinker at the edges, and there are few things we can do but be substantial. The biggest single thing that i'm arguing for is that systemically important platforms, namely large platforms, should think ofit like banks have know your customer laws. That would be huge tey. Ye can ted anonymously. But to get access to the hyper viralization of a company that has this incredible benefit of section two 30 protection, in order tohe advantage of you have to just get authenticated. As francis hawgans said, it's not about constention or moderation I don't even think or talk about constentness. It's

One of the world’s most influential social psychologists, a professor of ethical leadership at NYU's Stern School of Business, and a member of Persuasion's Board of Advisors, Jonathan Haidt is the author of The Righteous Mind and, with Greg Lukianoff, co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind. Haidt recently wrote a much-read feature in The Atlantic entitled “After Babel.”

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Haidt discuss how we can make social media less toxic, what political and technological reforms might help fix the problem, and how we can empower the moderate majority to fight for its values.

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