Policy Recommendation | Safeguards for Instagram (and other social media platforms)

Описание: This video shares safeguard recommendations that Instagram, and social media platforms more broadly, can implement to better protect users from design systems that can reinforce negative habits over time.

When feeds are built around constant recommendations, notifications, and performance cues, it becomes easier to fall into patterns like overload, pressure to present yourself a certain way, and autopilot scrolling. This policy video explains why that matters from an ethical perspective and offers realistic safeguards that can reduce harm while still supporting connection and discovery.

In this video, I cover:
• Transparent and controllable feed standards
• Overload and communication limits
• Reduced performative pressure through low pressure posting

Policy in practice:
• Fatigue and overload is supported by overload and communication limits
• Reduced authenticity and performative pressure is supported by low pressure posting
• Withdrawal and autopilot tendencies is supported by transparent and controllable feed standards

Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for medical or professional advice. If you are experiencing serious mental health concerns, consider reaching out to a qualified professional.

#DigitalWellbeing #EthicalDesign #AttentionEconomy
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