Lightening Talk: What Happens When The Social Media Stops?

Social media companies have been incentivizing millions to become professional content publishers by making it easier than ever for their users to generate revenue from their social media activity. But what happens when the money stops?

With fast developments in AI, and social media companies' stated intent to churn out their own AI generated content, the job is becoming ever more precarious.

What will become of these millions of individuals that have built a life around publishing content? How do we ensure that they don't start selling access to their vast networks of accounts, and automated processes, to fuel an ever increasing disinformation-for-hire industry?

In this lightening talk, we make the case for a global disarmament strategy -- to ensure that these individuals' skills are put to positive use and don't go on further undermining information integrity.

Speaker: Victoire Rio