Every private space is owned by someone. That someone makes and enforces the rules according to their own interests.
You have no right to free speech in private spaces. If the owner of a shopping mall doesn’t like what your t-shirt says, they can have security escort you out.
“Social media” (Silicon Valley and venture capitalists) sold you the lie that shopping malls are parks.
They are not.
If you care about human rights and democracy, build and support parks not shopping malls.
@aral Or non-profit, federated, social media (such as Mastodon!).
@Luis_Fierro Be careful of technology that has adopted the infrastructure (and thus the success criteria of Big Tech). As it scales, it will begin to resemble that which it aims to counter. Mastodon is an excellent and pragmatic stop-gap and I’m very grateful it exists. But if we want a long-term alternative, I believe we need to address the problem from first principles and ensure the right incentives are baked into the topology and protocols of the solution.