OpEd: 'Whether we’re coming up with viral dances or running a zodiac meme page on Instagram — we make these platforms run. And we can shut them down.'
And, at least until recently, Instagram had been strategizing how to reach more and more young people, which included a plan to start targeting children under 13 — a strategy thatBut here’s the thing: Social media users are not powerless. In Facebook’s case,towards each and every user. So when I say Facebook is nothing without users and user data, I literally mean it.
Zuckerberg and his leadership are undoubtedly responsible for fixing what they have broken. Facebook has been under pressure from advocacy organizations, advertisers, and elected officials, who have taken on Facebook through many tactics, but it is time that people are put into the center of tech accountability campaigns. Because whether we’re coming up with viral dances or running a zodiac meme page on Instagram —from Instagram and Facebook from November 10-13.