Social media platforms do an indispensable job of connecting us with our families, friends and like-minded people. But of late, they have also become conduits for bad actors to hijack users’ attention to manipulate news, spew conspiracy theories, and propagate toxic viewpoints with an intent to radicalize impressionable minds. Whether be it Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, problems surrounding extremist content, lapses in platform moderation and general misuse run rampant. The public feeds, which incentivized us into sharing more, and connecting and engaging with as many people as possible, have also emerged as the biggest source of headaches for the companies running them. But it’s not just…

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