Absolutely. Thank you for these questions.
I am a big proponent of information literacy and building societal resilience. I think the Swedes, Finns, Estonians and Ukrainians have learned a ton about this in the past couple of years. They are all more resilient societies than any of our western societies because they are investing in teaching people how to navigate today's information environment. I have a lot of writing on this that I would be very happy to share with all of you. I'll do that after today's session.
In terms of algorithmic amplification, absolutely it is surfacing more disinformation. The more enraging that something is online, the more engaging it likely is. This is how the platforms make their money and keep us scrolling, viewing ads and coming back to their platforms time and time again. It's because of this emotional manipulation, and the algorithms are based on that. Having more transparency around the algorithms would build our ability to inoculate ourselves against it.
As for subsidies, absolutely, 100%, the government should not be subsidizing these multi-billion-dollar corporations. Instead, I am in favour of fining the platforms, especially if they are seen to have illegal or hateful content on them. Some schemes like this exist already in places like the United Kingdom with its Online Safety Act.
It has been a pleasure to be with you all today. Unfortunately, I have to sign off to go collect my son from the nursery.
Thank you for the opportunity.