> Plus now authoritarian governments get to serve out even more propaganda talking about videos that are liked and the opposition has no way to see that the opp

> Plus now authoritarian governments get to serve out even more propaganda talking about videos that are liked and the opposition has no way to see that the opposite also happens. Well, yes, that is their agenda. The web as it was was not nearly as friendly for those with money and power. Now, authoritarian governments and scumbag celebrities will project power over us, just like in the real world. There are secret whitelists so that influencers like Logan Paul can fully monetize commuting crimes on YouTube (like desecrating a corpse)[2]. Celebrities are permitted to engage in targeted harassment or fraud, and people that call them out are banned.[1] And of course, governments can engage in all sorts of war crimes, and big tech will censor anyone that tries blowing the whistle[3]. Facebook is happy to censor anything for dictators, but perhaps they will soon go the extra mile and just report people directly to the secret police. They could have a nice dashboard that shows up for local death squads of anyone that questions the leader. And frankly, this is the future most of us welcomed. We defended all of this because muh private platforms. We consented to letting these big tech platforms set the rules. We welcomed anyone with an incongruent opinion banned. The internet used to be a domain where scumbag fatcats didn't control everything, and you had some chance of speaking truth to power. It will only get worse. Find out Dupont is dumping toxic waste in your back yard? Just a word from their PR dept and all of your accounts will be banned. Think you can speak directly to the people? Your domain name will be seized, your Cloudflare account closed, and any app permitted on peoples devices will have to ban you if they don't want to be removed. [1]: https://www.aroged.com/2021/10/09/whitelisted-streamers-found-among-leaked-twitch-files/ https://www.aroged.com/2021/10/09/whitelisted-streamers-foun... [2]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42538495 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42538495 [3]: https://www.engadget.com/facebook-turkey-emails-200407588.html https://www.engadget.com/facebook-turkey-emails-200407588.ht...