# Against Technosolutionism: Governing Platforms as Systems of Care

- Type: News
- Source: European Digital Rights
- Date: 2026-02-11
- Original: https://edri.org/take-action/events/against-technosolutionism-governing-platforms-as-systems-of-care/
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/52491
- Topics: Social Media, Law Enforcement, AI and Machine Learning

## Summary

Why do our digital systems break people? Conversational AI tools like Grok or ChatGPT are promoted as a means to democratize knowledge and expand access to information. In practice, however, they have also made sexual harassment easier, reproduced harmful stereotypes, and, in some cases, encouraged people to self-harm rather than helping them. These outcomes are not rare glitches. They reveal how conversational AI and social media platforms are built, governed, and deployed at scale. The post Ag

## Full text

Why do our digital systems break people? Conversational AI tools like Grok or ChatGPT are promoted as a means to democratize knowledge and expand access to information. In practice, however, they have also made sexual harassment easier, reproduced harmful stereotypes, and, in some cases, encouraged people to self-harm rather than helping them. These outcomes are not rare glitches. They reveal how conversational AI and social media platforms are built, governed, and deployed at scale.

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