When internet platforms are the judge and jury

When internet platforms are the judge and jury

Outspoken netizens on social media have found themselves at the mercy of big corporations

The start of this year does not bode well for freedom of speech advocates. Consider this thought experiment. You are a citizen of Mythomia. You enjoy decent internet speeds but a group of organisations dominate the social media space. Your leader communicates with the populace via social media. One day the organisations decide they don’t like the politics of the leader and cut off all means of communication with the populace. How would you feel about that?

– Back in the real world Twitter, Google, Amazon, Apple and others did that this month to a major country’s leader. Next week it could just as easily be yours. A business should not be able…