"Our ability to understand threats to free expression, security and democracy are all hindered by the opaqueness of technologies designed for advertising purpos

"Our ability to understand threats to free expression, security and democracy are all hindered by the opaqueness of technologies designed for advertising purposes to keep a user’s attention for as long as possible, which essentially distort the level playing field of free speech by amplifying or driving a user to certain messaging or enabling the micro-targeting of content." Transparency would help but how do we answer the "right" of tech giants to run proprietary (non-transparent) systems in pursuit of profits? Regulation by politician/law-makers who clearly don't understand tech (and often have their own self-dealing agendas) doesn't seem to be a wise solution. Courts favor the free speech rights of everyone, which unfortunately includes "disinformation" speech. My own approach has been to completely boycott companies that choose profits at the expense of rational, civilized society. Financial punishment is typically the only thing that markets pay real attention to. Am curious how others here view the problem.