Philip N Howard: ‘Social media need a radical rebuild’

If we take back control of our data, we can use it for good• Time to reset: more brilliant ideas to remake the worldSocial media doesn’t have to bring us only junk news and misinformation about coronavirus. Unfortunately, big platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter aren’t designed to promote healthy debate, find consensus, or solve problems. To have that kind of social media would require a radical rebuild. And the underlying principle for this would be that data about