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Op-ed: We need to rein in the algorithms – not our emotions – to create a better internet

This op-ed is the fourth in the series on data, democracy, and the digital public sphere.

Some of the brightest minds in the world are paid large sums with one goal: to get you and me to spend more time on social media. This is why we need to challenge the algorithmic business model that monetizes and exploits our emotions as data, writes Sine Nørholm Just, professor at RUC, in Politiken.