• skisnow@lemmy.ca
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    13 hours ago

    Only in the same way that you could always write your own newsletter and hand it out in the street. I feel like you’re wilfully missing the point there.

    • Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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      12 hours ago

      Big platforms have a lot of power. They need to control the content published for reasons ranging from following laws to pleasing advertisers. These decisions always have political implications.

      • Tangent5280@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        Yeah, the point is these fucks shouldn’t have ever been allowed to be this big in the first plar.