Susan Leavy

Why Europe needs its own social media ecosystem – Prof Susan Leavy writes in Silicon Republic

Submitted on Tuesday, 27/05/2025

UCD’s Prof Susan Leavy and colleagues make the case for an indigenous social media ecosystem to counter the dominance of US Big Tech in Silicon Republic. This is an abridged version of a paper published by the Forum on Information and Democracy as part of its insights series, a collaborative platform to explore new ideas on information ecosystems.

Opinion: Why Europe needs its own social media ecosystem