Prince Harry says social media is stoking a 'crisis of hate' as he reveals he an
d Meghan have been calling business leaders for the last month to ask them to
stop funding the sites in column for US business magazine
- In an opinion piece for U.S. business magazine Fast Company, Prince Harry said that social media, in its current state, is 'unwell' and in desperate need of fixing
- The former senior royal said he and his wife, Meghan, have spent the past few weeks working with business leaders to enact positive change
- The Duke of Sussex called for online communities to be 'defined more by compassion than hate; by truth instead of misinformation'
- Harry said he and Meghan started their social media reform campaign at the same time as the launch of the Stop Hate for Profit movement in June
The 35-year-old continues that while most people enjoy the likes of
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, because its presented as a free way to
access entertainment and information, Harry insists, 'it's not actually free; the cost is high'.
In what he called the beginning of a global movement, Harry said that, above all else, he hopes that social media can become a Utopian community built
on 'empathy, tolerance and kindness'.
'The internet has enabled us to be joined together. We are now plugged into
a vast nervous system that, yes, reflects our good, but too often also
magnifies and fuels our bad,' Harry wrote.
'We can—and must—encourage these platforms to redesign themselves in a
more responsible and compassionate way. The world will feel it, and we will
all benefit from it.'
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Is harry and his wife right - is it time to stop using social media as its bad?