Sarah Murphy Madia
@sarahmurphymadia.bsky.social
Currently thinking about how money and information intersect in social media @whattofix.tech. Reflecting on knowledge, truths and how best to get there since oh my gosh probably 2003.
📍Brussels
📍Brussels
See our new report (on how Meta has onboarded EU-sanctioned entities into its rev redistribution programs) for a sense of what a weirdly overlooked wild west this part of social media monetization is...
But also, how it can ABSOLUTELY be reigned in for the better. www.whattofix.tech/publications...
But also, how it can ABSOLUTELY be reigned in for the better. www.whattofix.tech/publications...
How Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. May Have Violated EU Sanctions And Channeled Money To RT, Sputnik And Other EU-Sanctioned Entities Via Facebook’s Revenue Redistribution Programs
Facebook pages affiliated with RT, Sputnik and other EU-sanctioned entities were among Meta’s active partner-publishers for months after being subject to EU sanctions. Some of these partnerships remai...
www.whattofix.tech
June 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
See our new report (on how Meta has onboarded EU-sanctioned entities into its rev redistribution programs) for a sense of what a weirdly overlooked wild west this part of social media monetization is...
But also, how it can ABSOLUTELY be reigned in for the better. www.whattofix.tech/publications...
But also, how it can ABSOLUTELY be reigned in for the better. www.whattofix.tech/publications...
Right now - as you can see from Oliver's episode - we have no visibility into who exactly platforms pay for content, but we DO know that platforms' revenue redistribution programs incentivize a bunch of (often harmful!) slop.
Why fall back on fatalism when we could address the incentive systems?
Why fall back on fatalism when we could address the incentive systems?
June 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Right now - as you can see from Oliver's episode - we have no visibility into who exactly platforms pay for content, but we DO know that platforms' revenue redistribution programs incentivize a bunch of (often harmful!) slop.
Why fall back on fatalism when we could address the incentive systems?
Why fall back on fatalism when we could address the incentive systems?
John, you said you "don't know how to fix it" (ie the flood of AI slop and the corresponding crumbling of our global epistemic stability). Luckily, our org @whattofix.tech works on exactly how to fix THIS problem.
One first step: require transparency into + regulate revenue redistribution programs
One first step: require transparency into + regulate revenue redistribution programs
June 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
John, you said you "don't know how to fix it" (ie the flood of AI slop and the corresponding crumbling of our global epistemic stability). Luckily, our org @whattofix.tech works on exactly how to fix THIS problem.
One first step: require transparency into + regulate revenue redistribution programs
One first step: require transparency into + regulate revenue redistribution programs