Ideally it would be the case that there is some democratic control instead of just random technocratic growth. I think that could only ever be legitimized if ac

Ideally it would be the case that there is some democratic control instead of just random technocratic growth. I think that could only ever be legitimized if access stays universally free. There are also decent and most importantly honest political ambitions to improve the net. But there are the other kind too. Overall the most profound impact of politics is still content control and putting up barriers. Of course I am biased, but I am very glad that some computer nerds made manipulation and censorship as difficult as it is. If we talk about truly global efforts, the democratic legitimacy can also be disputed for that matter as there is no world government. Again, it became a topic about control and the strategy to create technological realities is maybe not a good defense, but the best one I could imagine.