After several years of writer's block I finally had a longer piece published today:
https://redecentralize.org/blog/2021/01/18/centralization-is-a-danger-to-democracy.html
Many thanks to @redecentralize for carrying it, @tomasino, @L_etter@twitter.com, and Gerben for reviewing and editing it into shape.
The piece has also been published on #VSquare:
https://vsquare.org/centralisation-is-a-danger-to-democracy/
After the violent events at the US Capitol the question isn’t how monopolist social media platforms should wield their power - the question is whether they should have such power in the first place.
We should break down the walls of social media monopolists, regulate them, and make monetising toxic engagement spilling into public discourse as onerous as dumping toxic waste into a river.
https://redecentralize.org/blog/2021/01/18/centralization-is-a-danger-to-democracy.html