Why the social change industry needs its own tech stack
The latest from Meta illustrates why the people working to solve the ills of the world shouldn't rely on commercial and corruptible platforms to do so.
First up: the recent decision by Meta to do away with fact checking and now its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion are a vivid illustration why the #socialchange sector needs purpose built tech. So many NGOs and social enterprises fall victim to the lure of free access to Facebook for Business and the rest of them, and now they are part and parcel of the misinformation machine that is perpetrating many of the very social, economic and environmental problems they are dedicated to combating. 🤦🏼♀️
That’s cognitive dissonance of the highest order, and the social change industry is loooooong overdue to invest in its own tech stack that won’t be compromised by leadership kowtowing to authoritarian rulers.