Social Media Harm Abatement: Mechanisms for Transparent Public Health Assessment
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| author | Lubin, Nathaniel Liu, Yuning Yarnell, Amanda Austin, S. Bryn Ward, Zachary J. Iyer, Ravi Stray, Jonathan Lawrence, Matthew Cooper, Alissa Chapman, Peter |
| author_facet | Lubin, Nathaniel Liu, Yuning Yarnell, Amanda Austin, S. Bryn Ward, Zachary J. Iyer, Ravi Stray, Jonathan Lawrence, Matthew Cooper, Alissa Chapman, Peter |
| contents | Social media platforms have been accused of causing a range of harms, resulting in dozens of lawsuits across jurisdictions. These lawsuits are situated within the context of a long history of American product safety litigation, suggesting opportunities for remediation outside of financial compensation. Anticipating that at least some of these cases may be successful and/or lead to settlements, this article outlines an implementable mechanism for an abatement and/or settlement plan capable of mitigating abuse. The paper describes the requirements of such a mechanism, implications for privacy and oversight, and tradeoffs that such a procedure would entail. The mechanism is framed to operate at the intersection of legal procedure, standards for transparent public health assessment, and the practical requirements of modern technology products. |
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| spellingShingle | Social Media Harm Abatement: Mechanisms for Transparent Public Health Assessment Lubin, Nathaniel Liu, Yuning Yarnell, Amanda Austin, S. Bryn Ward, Zachary J. Iyer, Ravi Stray, Jonathan Lawrence, Matthew Cooper, Alissa Chapman, Peter Computers and Society Social and Information Networks Social media platforms have been accused of causing a range of harms, resulting in dozens of lawsuits across jurisdictions. These lawsuits are situated within the context of a long history of American product safety litigation, suggesting opportunities for remediation outside of financial compensation. Anticipating that at least some of these cases may be successful and/or lead to settlements, this article outlines an implementable mechanism for an abatement and/or settlement plan capable of mitigating abuse. The paper describes the requirements of such a mechanism, implications for privacy and oversight, and tradeoffs that such a procedure would entail. The mechanism is framed to operate at the intersection of legal procedure, standards for transparent public health assessment, and the practical requirements of modern technology products. |
| title | Social Media Harm Abatement: Mechanisms for Transparent Public Health Assessment |
| topic | Computers and Society Social and Information Networks |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10458 |