It's hard to imagine better social media alternatives, but Scuttlebutt shows change is possible

  • Written by: Kate Mannell, Research Fellow in Digital Childhoods, Deakin University
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Last week, the US government released six principles for reforming Big Tech. It’s the latest example of growing efforts to regulate the handful of companies with enormous influence over the internet. But while there’s a growing appetite for a new, better kind of internet, it’s hard to imagine what that...

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