{"id":11653,"date":"2026-02-11T17:39:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=11653"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:39:56","slug":"algorithmtm-is-a-fictional-brand-meant-to-protect-people-from-harmful-social-media-algorithms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=11653","title":{"rendered":"\u2018AlgorithmTM\u2019 is a Fictional Brand Meant to Protect People From Harmful Social Media Algorithms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"border-color:#000000;border-width:3px;border-top-left-radius:30px;border-top-right-radius:30px;border-bottom-left-radius:30px;border-bottom-right-radius:30px\" class=\"wp-block-list is-style-default has-border-color has-bg-shade-background-color has-background has-small-font-size\">\n<li>\u201cStop the Forced Feed\u201d is a new campaign by non-profit Cybersmile in partnership with Havas SO, Conran Design Group, and Prose on Pixels, highlighting how social media algorithms serve harmful content without user consent.<\/li>\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">\u201cStop the Forced Feed\u201d uses real food packaging and unprompted deliveries of black groceries to make the point that what we are fed online impacts our mental health in the same way as what we eat affects our physical condition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even though we choose to log in and consume digital content on social media, what we are served is mostly out of our control. Platforms like TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Meta\u2019s Facebook and Instagram deliver content based on algorithms designed in part to keep us engaged. How those algorithms work is largely a closely guarded secret, and users have no control over them.<\/p>\n<p>At issue is that what\u2019s engaging isn\u2019t necessarily good for us. You can think of it as the equivalent of junk food or bad reality TV. Oftentimes, the most salacious and enraging content is what keeps us scrolling, with posts promoting violence, hate, discrimination, misinformation, and propaganda often rising to the surface. 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