> "If the eventual outcome of that is that we have social media platforms in every major country or market that are separate, then what we will have is an infor

> "If the eventual outcome of that is that we have social media platforms in every major country or market that are separate, then what we will have is an information ecosystem that is completely bifurcated or splintered across the globe," Aral said. "What that portends is a citizenry that has completely different sets of information about local events, about world events, and perhaps a very splintered worldview of reality." As opposed to the hivemind of social bubbles we have now?