[junko]

Can't compare govt control with corp control like apples for apples though. Facebook and other social media platforms are arguably just facilitators of social interaction, though incredibly sophisticated at that with personalisation algorithms et cetra. But they don't have a control agenda, at least not as explicit as the one traditionally associated with governments. Well I don't know, there's never been a technological revolution like this before except in scifi so maybe one day tech corps will be regarded with the same disdain and wariness. But it still makes it harder for the mass majority to 'rise up' and rebel, because this time the content is theirs. It's all self-generated. We're living in a pool where the water is so murky with facts and fiction that there's no point fishing for anything but things we happen to fancy. Meanwhile the corps that dig up those pools are keen to convince us that we're having a lovely time. Thanks guys,now we're free!