oppressed?

I think that’s the right word

they certainly wield undue power over the electorate

you mean like the social tech corps?

Not only that but certainly yes

oppressing who tho? ... their users/product?

the electorate

the citizenry

so their product

no

Society as a Whole of say

the people who use social media are their product.... which they sell

Have you not heard of corporate political meddling

you mean like lobbying?

And companies are free to ban what they want it doesn’t mean they should

Lobbying that’s the word lmfao

in part lobbying

when political parties prioritise the needs of corporations above the electorate

Only way to combat bigmtech censorship is by using companies that don’t censor

How the market works

nope

regulation

Regulation sure

Likema digital bill of,rights

you dont really need regulation... at least not new regs

and preventing them buying up companies that give them monopolies and vertical integration

But I was talking about how to combat it right now

just label them as platforms .... or if they chose to ban/block people then they are publishers, and everything on their website comes from them ... and they are responsible for every word

Yep I agree label them all platforms

no dont label them...

thats authoritarian

Thousands of hours of content uploaded every day its hard to call them publishers

they should have the choice

Oh yeah fair point

I imagine sites like redit would grow... where they basically let the userbase rank things so what gets shown is pretty much up to the will of the crowd

Well is that how it works now though

sort of... except reddit can outright ban/suspend any subreddit.... Im no expert tho I dont use reddit

Alright I don’t use it that often either, I don’t think reddit is that bad on censorship, it tends to ban subreddits where users incite violence, Reddit as a whole is very progressive left auth leaning, even none political subs

Twitter and Facebook are the worst for banning people

outside of social media corporate malfecance is an issue

they agitate for open borders and worse pay+conditions, and don't pay taxes