This column, produced to mark World News Day on September 28, explains why big tech should contribute to professional journalism.
Have you ever thought about why you watch or read certain things online? What catches your attention? What diverts it? When do you connect and disconnect from content? And why?
Reflections such as these are crucial when it comes to deciding how we want to live. It is not just the separation between truth and lies and reality and fantasy that will define the rest of our century, but what they mean in practical terms, such as the choice between democracies and autocracies, populism and sincerity, and stability and social disharmony.
How to properly use your time when accessing information should be a question that we constantly ask ourselves, either to avoid falling into the trap of over-engaging on technological platforms or wasting our time wading through mountains of useless information. Producers of independent journalism face sustainability challenges. With a few exceptions, the majority of serious media organisations are under threat because of the regulatory asymmetry of technology platforms. Because they are based on trust, media organisations must maintain their ethics and accuracy, while big tech is not strictly regulated in this regard.
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