Inside the Rage Machine review we're all doomed, totally doomed

"Meta does not run Facebook or Instagram to uplift the human soul. Elon Musk did not buy Twitter to spark a renaissance. The handful of billionaires who own these platforms and keep getting richer (and building bunkers in New Zealand, by the way) while the rest of the world gets poorer are probably not working on secret wealth-redistribution schemes."

"However much we bury our heads in the sand when faced with the growing evidence of the harm that online life is doing to us (and the younger generations, who have even fewer defences against it because they know no different way of being), we have some awareness that these platforms operate with profit as their primary motive."

A documentary presented by BBC correspondent Marianna Spring examines how social media platforms operate, revealing systemic problems in their design and management. The platforms prioritize profit and engagement over user wellbeing, particularly affecting younger generations who lack defenses against manipulative algorithms. Major platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are controlled by billionaires whose financial interests conflict with public good. The documentary exposes how these companies extract value while society bears the costs of psychological harm, misinformation, and social division. Despite widespread awareness of these issues, meaningful regulation and accountability remain absent, leaving users vulnerable to exploitation.

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