The Dangers of Unchecked Social Media: How Profit-Driven Algorithms and Lack of Regulation Lead to Manipulation and Suppression of Truth

Maria Ressa has faced arrest warrants, jail time, and attacks on her organization Rappler for reporting the truth in the Philippines.

Social media's machine learning algorithms create detailed "clones" of users that can be exploited via microtargeting by companies and governments.

In 2016, Russian information warfare reached 126 million Americans and the Philippines saw a narrative portraying journalists as criminals.

Large language models like ChatGPT can mimic humans and weaponize loneliness without the guardrails that China has put in place.

Social media is driven by profit and has less safety regulation than something like a toaster, yet collects huge amounts of personal data.