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Centralisation is a danger to democracy - VSQUARE.ORG (vsquare.org)

submitted 2 years ago by rysiek@szmer.info to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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A bit oldie, but very on-topic with the whole Elongate around Twitter.

Of course, major social media platforms banning anyone immediately raise concerns about censorship (and those abusing those social networks to spread a message of hate and division know how to use this argument well). Do we want to live in a world where a handful of corporate execs control the de-facto online public space for political and social debate?

Obviously, we don’t. This is too much power, and power corrupts. But the question isn’t really about how these platforms should wield their power — the question is whether these platforms should have such power in the first place.

And the answer is a resounding “no“.

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