Impact Spotlight: Social Media on Trial
Social media are now woven into everyday life. The challenge lies in preserving what they offer while limiting their harmful effects. How can a digital society be shaped in ways that are responsible, fair and healthy?
Social media can have fatal consequences. Their damaging impact on young people’s mental health is now well established, yet the business logic of algorithmic capitalism and the surveillance economy continues to obstruct meaningful regulation. With the backing of civil society, governments in more than a hundred countries are seeking ways to better protect children online. Tech companies, armed with vast resources, still refuse to accept responsibility. Is it time to shift the struggle onto legal ground?
In the presence of the film team.
Co-presented with Télérama
PLEASE NOTE: Industry Accreditation and Daily Pass holders must book their (free) seat for this screening.We recommend you book quickly as seats go fast!
Laure Boutron-Marmion
Lawyer, founder of the Algos Victima collective
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Adele Walton
Journalist, Online Safety Campaigner
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Ian Russell
Protagonist of Molly vs the Machines
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