Asking platforms to do better won't work. We need to force their hands

Link: You couldn't create a more anti-news internet if you tried, by Matt PearceMatt Pearce, Director of Policy for Rebuild Local News, writes a behavioral economics inspired take on why our current embodiment of the internet is so bad for news and information.In particular, he sees the introduction of “nudges” as being a pro-information feature that search engines, LLM interfaces, and social media platforms could introduce:“Social media, too, could choose to feature quality news outlets as “defaults” or provide subtle “nudges” on content that prompt users to donate or subscribe to the news outlets providing high quality news videos on platforms like Instagram, which don’t pay for themselves.”I happen to particularly agree with his implied criticism of newsrooms going deep on Instagram, which usually leads to vanity metrics going up and to the right but not necessarily to conversions, impact, or revenue. And I think it’s true that nudges across all these platforms would have the…