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Part Four

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We don’t think you need to be told that social media – in the form it exists today – is a mess. Users are ruled over by gigantic corporations with their own agenda and unfairly applied rules. They give a voice to absurd people (who you despise), while silencing your own, perfectly reasonable and rational opinions. How very dare they!

Doomscrolling has become a way of life and your social media feeds are optimised to keep you hooked, depressed, angry and engaged as you swipe through an endless stream of misery and outrage.

And don’t forget the Facebook and Twitter tracking widgets scattered across the internet. Every site you visit which has a ‘Facebook’ button reports back to Facebook that you’ve been there, allowing the Zuck and his minions to build a granular picture of your activities, interests, identity and sell adverts based on that.

While the company now known as Meta (for some reason) does offer a tool which it says will prevent it from linking your off-Facebook