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On the recordAugust 24, 2026
“But if the social media platforms were to regulate themselves and remove it in the first place, not allow their algorithm to share this type of content, because they know exactly what type of content that algorithm is designed to share, then I think we’d be in a better place.”
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Luke Pollard
Labour Party

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Discussion on self-regulation of social media platforms.

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