Both! The first sense begets the second. For instance, that the platform based web is structured like a network (but centralized in the Global North) lends itself to the silly idea that the internet is democratic, which in turn gives credence to free speech complaints.

Yes, and this has been the case for a long time. Still genuinely unsure whether I prefer the brutal honesty of the present or the duplicity of the Pelosi types.

We have a Congress?