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Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

Can We Regulate Social Networks To Curb Addiction—Without Making Them Suck?-Nir&Far

Jun 28, 2021
05:42

Social networks can help addicted users while leaving the rest of us alone. If they wanted to.

About five years ago, I sat down in a series of meetings with leaders from Reddit, Snapchat, Facebook, and other social media networks. My goal was to discuss social media addiction and how companies might self-regulate to curb it.

You can read the NirAndFar blog post on Can We Regulate Social Networks To Curb Addiction—Without Making Them Suck? https://www.nirandfar.com/social-media-regulation/

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