But the culmination of these channels, social media, has in many ways swung the pendulum the other way. The U.S. government has threatened to ban TikTok, a platform that 170 million Americans use daily. Do you think it’s because they’re worried about the latest dance moves, or are there more nefarious motives at play? Across the pond, the U.K. government has threatened to imprison individuals based on their online posts. In both cases, centralized power is encroaching on basic rights in a way that would not have been possible before the advent of these technologies.
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