On centralized platforms, users do not own their digital identity. The platform does. Twitter can suspend accounts, Facebook can delete profiles, and users have no recourse because they never held property rights in the first place. They were tenants on another’s land, subject to eviction at the landlord’s whim.

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This became a chokepoint during hoaxvid when content creators had to choose between being deplatformed/financially censored and toeing the official line. At the click of a button if your content or opinion contradicted the narrative, you were up for algorithmic assassination.

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