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Mapping Responses to Social Media Threats

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 17 pp.

Series: Policy Brief, 38

"This report identifies social media threats - surveillance, addiction, disinformation, polarisation, dangerous speech - on social cohesion, human rights, violence and democracy and then identifies creative options for addressing those threats through: building a better bridge between offline dialogue and online platforms; helping tech companies improve their platform design and moderation; supporting civic tech and peace tech options for addressing social media threats; mobilizing civil society to develop campaigns to address social media threats directly or through leveraging pressure on tech companies and governments; leveraging financial and legal pressure on tech companies; recognizing the education and research necessary to develop better long-term solutions." (Introduction, pages 1-2)