Former US President Barack Obama has urged the technology sector to do more to combat the spread of misinformation and harmful content online. Speaking at the Dreamforce 2019 event in San Francisco, the 44th President of the United States raised the potential harm caused by a lack of control over what is posted online. And he suggested that the companies responsible for introducing new technologies could be partly responsible, which, while it introduces new innovations into the world, can also drive people apart.
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"When you're using disruptive Internet technology, the timing can be dangerous," Obama said in a conversation with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. "Part of what happens is that people don't know what is true or not, and they don't know what to believe." "Driven in part by social media and technology, we look for the wrong things, we want the wrong things," Obama continued. "A lot of anger and frustration is related to status issues." He stressed that this constant search for bigger and better solutions was part of a recurring problem in modern society and that instead of getting caught up in what modern technology promotes, people should step back and think about their real needs. "Part of solving big problems is not just finding the right technical solution, but also figuring out how to 'restore a sense of our common values,'" he said. "One of the biggest challenges we face is having a common conversation and culture." President Obama noted that, in the end, technology had a vital role to play in our society, but that there was still much work to be done to make it more inclusive and less confrontational, even if it was a long one. process. "I still believe that the Internet could be a powerful tool for us to see and come together," he concluded. "But now it's breaking down and it's going to take a lot of work to fix it."- Stay safe online with the best VPN software of 2019