Reclaiming the online world for the public realm

Diane Coyle

Part of our lecture series, The Philosophers' Manifesto, in which speakers make the philosophical case for a radical new policy or law. This may be Facebook’s year of reckoning. But the various government actions against it will fail to eliminate the toxins of conspiracy theories if they don’t tackle the central problem: the imperative for clicks. Professor Diane Coyle argues for an outstanding public service social media company, funded by taxes, to provide competition on innovation and service, rather than who can spread the most outrageous viral lies.