Hello Google, Facebook, Twitter; this is your real responsibility

A lot has been said recently about how social media, and the internet at large has been at the root of everything that’s wrong with the world. The internet and social media by themselves can’t really cause any good or harm in the world or in our lives. It’s the best mirror we have got to show us what we are as a society, city, state, country, or the world. So if your newsfeed, ephemeral stories, or online world in general feels appaling, the blame might be our to share collectively.

That being said, world’s leading social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, etc do carry a certain amount of responsibility given that billions of people everyday rely on them to learn and understand what is going on in the world. That responsibility is not to weed out every piece of fake news or hateful speech from their platforms.