| Disclaimer: I don't subscribe neatly to a particular political label. Commercial social media platforms have way too much power to put their thumb on the scale, i.e., manufacture consent and subvert democracy to whoever pays them the most: Cambridge Analytica, HRC, etc. A better state of things would require large social media platforms be: 1. Prohibited from monetizing ads for themselves or data-reselling. (Subscriptions and donations okay. Company and individual/celebrity pages monetizing ads okay.) 2. Similar to the previous equal time rule in mainstream media, but extended to stay out of politics. 2.a. Prohibited from officially favoring any candidate or adjusting algorithms to accomplish the same. 2.b. Prohibited from running political ads. 2.c. Prohibited from contributing to elected officials or PACs. (May or may not require overturning CU.) 3. Required to monitor content for violence, terrorism, child endangerment, bullying, genocide, and mis/dysinformation. Just like the seperation between church and state, seperation between social media and state (and eventually, seperation between extreme wealth (corporations) and state). |