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I'm no expert, but I feel like anywhere they use an algorithm to drive up "engagement" it leads into people being fed rage-bait and then them acting accordingly. This "attention economy" needs to end somehow.
Put a hard ban on any form of personalized and unsolicited advertising in public space, and define SoMe as public space.
It still doesn't remove trolls and rage bait, but it lowers monetary incentive to keep users on the platform.
The problem with regulation is that most of these data giants are US companies, and due to regulatory capture since the 1980s you can't expect much to change there.