We cannot just ban social media platforms that we don't like for one reason or the other. What we can do is regulate products and markets. Consumer rights is on

We cannot just ban social media platforms that we don't like for one reason or the other. What we can do is regulate products and markets. Consumer rights is one of the things governments should really care about. Make sure our food is safe, our water clean and that our cars and bikes are reasonably safe to use. The same goes for products distributed online. The governments around the world has been dragging their feet for decades (probably in no small part to bigtech lobbyist doing a good job) and we are now suffering the consequences. The European Union has been upping their game recently, with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA), which are regulatory frameworks meant to curb the dominance of large tech companies (gatekeepers) and their malpractices. Instead of outright banning a specific platform or app, they ask companies to adhere to some sensible (from the consumers perspective) standards: - Provide data access and portability - Require interoperability to facilitate competition and innovation - Transparency of algorithms, moderation, advertising etc. On top of that, big actors have to ensure protection of consumers data (GDPR) and are required not to store more data than necessary. Having these, and more, frameworks in place, makes it possible to crack down on harmful actors from a more principled place. Most of these regulatory components are quite new and barely implemented, but I look forward to seeing them being used more over the next few years.