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Platforms are political
The thing is, you can& #39;t have a neutral platform. Such a thing doesn& #39;t exist and cannot exist. Doing nothing is not neutral. Moderating is not neutral. Recommending is not neutral. Down-ranking is not neutral. Fact checking is not neutral
Neutrality is a fallacy
Neutrality is a fallacy
If you accept that platforms are political then you understand that whoever runs the platform has a tremendous amount of power. Every decision about how the platform works has political effects. Every decision is an exercise of power
And since a few social platforms are now central to society, mediating a whole range of our relationships and interactions, the people who run them have a tremendous amount of power in society
So the question is not "how can the platform be neutral?", it& #39;s "who has the power?"
So the question is not "how can the platform be neutral?", it& #39;s "who has the power?"
At the minute the answer to that question is "a small number of people in a small number of companies". That& #39;s grotesque
Just because this is the status quo doesn& #39;t mean it was inevitable that we ended up here and it doesn& #39;t mean that it& #39;s inevitable in the future
Just because this is the status quo doesn& #39;t mean it was inevitable that we ended up here and it doesn& #39;t mean that it& #39;s inevitable in the future
It& #39;s really important to understand how and why we got to this position if we want to understand how to get out of it
