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The Sussexes have spent the past year working on the issue of social media through their new nonprofit venture, the Archewell Foundation.

There, they have partnered with the Center for Humane Technology, an organization led by a former Google ethicist that is \"dedicated to radically reimagining our digital infrastructure,\" according to the Archewell website.

Harry and Meghan have also established the Archewell Foundation Fund for the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry with the goals of \"reimagining technology, championing racial and economic justice in the tech sector, and strengthening democracy through culture-making and public policy work,\" according to the Archewell website.

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Harry told Fast Company he has learned from experts that the solutions for improving social media range from accountability to compassion.

\"There has to be accountability to collective wellbeing, not just financial incentive. It's hard for me to understand how the platforms themselves can eagerly take profit but shun responsibility,\" he said. \"There also has to be common, shared accountability.\"

\"We can call for digital reform and debate how that happens and what it looks like, but it's also on each of us to take a more critical eye to our own relationship with technology and media,\" Harry said, noting that people can start by setting time limits on their social media, fact-checking the information they're seeing and being kinder and more compassionate in their posts and comments.

\"Humans crave connection, social bonds, and a sense of belonging. When we don't have those, we end up fractured, and in the digital age that can unfortunately be a catalyst for finding connection in mass extremism movements or radicalization,\" he said. \"We need to take better care of each other, especially in these times of isolation and vulnerability.\"

With all that there is to be done, Harry said he remains optimistic that the online space can be made healthier, noting, \"We have to believe in optimism because that's the world and the humanity I want for my son, and all of us.\"

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