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    Social media is a playground for narcissists, with no room for reason Sonia Sodha

    Nov 12, 2021 3 minutes
    Illustration Thomas Pullin

    VINCENT O’MALLEY A history lesson for children in New Zealand

    If you could press a button and eliminate social media platforms, would you do it? Listen to the testimony of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen over the past month and it may appear that turning back the clock is a no-brainer. Haugen revealed to legislators in the US and UK how Facebook pursued policies it knew to be harmful – algorithms that push out a diet of misinformation, rage and hate – in the cause of profit.

    Many of us feel the toxic effects

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