Social media as we know it didn't exist twenty years ago. We can and need to build better alternatives that serve the public interest rather than corporate profit. The time for reclaiming the digital commons is now.

#Democracy

I see three primary areas for action ahead:

- Collective action for better regulation
- Digital autonomy & media literacy
- Technical liberation through open alternatives

#DigitalCommons
#TechPolicy

Resistance is possible and necessary. Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) identifies four historical checks on Big Tech, which have been eroded in the last four decades:
• Competition
• Government oversight
• Interoperability
• Worker power