At RNAO we are increasingly concerned about the societal harms arising from social media. The following article from the Center for Humane Technology explores how social media companies purposefully exploit biological vulnerabilities in the human brain.

Social media as a public health crisis: “It’s time to take old approaches to a new threat of addiction.” Below is an article published on July 20, 2021 by Helen Lee Bouygues in U.S. NEWS. She is the founder of the Reboot Foundation.

How did this ‘grassroots’ rebellion paralyse the Canadian capital? With funding from the far right and a boost from Facebook misinformation. The following is an article by Arwa Mahdawi published in UK’s The Guardian on Feb. 8.

Facebook and other social media platforms spread massive misinformation and bear huge responsibility for the urgent threat to public health raised by the U.S. Surgeon General. This is a July 29 article by Anjana Susarla, Omura-Saxena Professor of Responsible AI at Michigan State University.

Misinformation is an urgent public health threat – and also a threat to democracy and values of social justice. In July, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued the first Surgeon General's Advisory of this Administration to warn the American public about the urgent threat of health misinformation.