Indeed it lies in both sides simultaneously, as all your examples have a free and oppressive side to them as well. It seems the freedom lies with the individual

Indeed it lies in both sides simultaneously, as all your examples have a free and oppressive side to them as well. It seems the freedom lies with the individual and his control over his own computer, and the oppression lies with larger platforms that enforce rules on the individual outside his control. Computers have democratized art and opinion, but the distribution of that art and opinion is done through centralized platforms, which are curated/censored using automated programs ("the algorithm"). I think computers are neither inherently oppressive or freeing, and I think that is also the point of the article. Computers are -exactly- what we make them do, and the word -exactly- is what is explored, and judged, as easily leading to oppression if given power over the inidividual. Power over the individual sounds ominous, but what I basically mean is that a computer decides over you, instead of for you. For example: youtube decides if your video is monetized, some AI decides if you get a loan, or get into a country, or get random checks at the airport, or what you see on youtube, etc etc.