why do you think that unregulated social networks are a threat? why not all social networks? Frankly being served content at whim of company optimizing profits

why do you think that unregulated social networks are a threat? why not all social networks? Frankly being served content at whim of company optimizing profits is as bad. In best case it is a feed optimized to extract as much value from you, while serving you content from bubble that entrenches your beliefs. In worst case scenario - company is politically motivated in similar vein to lobbying and just pushes views that fit their agenda. Regulated(censored in opinion of some) or not - the sentiment in society exists, you just hide it from policymakers. It will spread slower, but it will fester and can explode and catch society unaware. Encrypted chats exists, and in worst case people can just talk when they meet up. Honestly i find all the pushes for censorship to be as bad as loss of democracy - in fact, they are one and the same if you can say only approved things. It is even harder to understand why would you push for that if you come from a country that did suffer from censorship in the past. I personally didn't experience it, but my parents did - and the nightmare stories live on in my generation. Lets not lie to ourselves - 'regulated', 'hate speech' and other such phrases are doublethink words for 'censorship that we like'. and the problem with social media runs deeper than just 'regulation' - it is an inherent conflict of interests between social media corporation itself and society - the goals of both do not align at all. and before anyone starts defending this approach - think what happens when your worst enemy gets the same powers you give yourself. to give example - DOGE works with such powers because one of previous Democract administration created such agency with such overreaching powers.