Facebook is a mirror, and a magnifier. "Fixing" FB is, at best, curing a symptom. A general lack of critical thinking is not FB's fault.
To promote otherwise is naive and dangerous.
I personally see the biggest problem with FB (and others) is their continuing focus of making their platform as addictive as possible. While I agree that people will likely always be addicted to something, we've gone after the tobacco industry already and are starting to hold the food industry more responsible. For gambling, every advertisement comes with a warning and free resources about how to stop that MUST be funded by the people making the money. I think that is the thing that we should be making these social platforms fund, resources to help break the chase of the constant need for dopamine via likes.
Facebook is a mirror in the same way meth is a mirror.
That everyone has self destructive tendencies is pretty clear, it's only when you get a reward for following through with them that you have a problem.
That the reward is likes or drugs is pretty immaterial.
It's a mirror, but perhaps it's a fun-house mirror: algorithmically warped to amplify 'engaging' content. YouTube has similar issues. Start a fresh account and do some innocent searches on topics like the history of civil rights. Pretty soon you'll see suggested videos with some pretty extreme political perspectives
I don't believe FB is responsible for the education system. It's the gov's (and parents') best interest to blame FB, else they have to admit their responsibility.
How does it follow from that that it's not also facebook's fault?
If the government and parents are failing to prepare children for dealing with the adversaries that they encounter in life ... does that mean anyone who is using that lack of preparation to their advantage while knowingly hurting those under-prepared people cannot possibly be at fault for their actions?
If a child hasn't learned about the dangers of drugs in school or from their parents ... does that mean that someone selling them hard drugs cannot be at fault for making money from that situation?
