Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter may have changed the trajectory of social media censorship for now, but without stringent measures in place designed to protect access to the online town square, it may prove to be $44 billion wasted.
Without App Neutrality, Musk’s Twitter could be destroyed overnight – and the backlash so far is a good indicator that radical activists are ready to do anything they can to make sure that happens.
Efforts to establish new left-leaning social media platforms are also already underway, but for as long as Twitter survives, they will fail just as Parler and GETTR did. What these new platforms have that conservative platforms didn’t, however, is the support of Apple and Google. While ongoing anti-trust suits are already looking to limit the power of these companies, the significance of Apple and Google controlling the only two usable mobile operating systems is often overlooked. This dominance could lead to the downfall of Twitter unless legislators take action now.
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