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Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee's inquiry into disinformation and fake news. Tristan Harris gives evidence to the committee. Harris: The addictive quality of Facebook has been such an important part of its success. He says that by controlling people’s attention, you can control their choices. Harris says there is a set of techniques that are used in the tech industry under the guise of creating engagement that mask other problems like addiction. The reason that social media are designed is that they want to take out the stopping cue of scrolling and news feeds is that there are infinitely more information that they can show you.