Completely fascinating a/c by former head of trust&safety at Twitter of overwhelming power of app stores even over platforms & the arbitrariness of their rules ( h/t @joris )

"the most direct explanation is that platform policies are shaped by the preferences of a small group of predominantly American tech executives".

When can we see human rights and rule of law applied to platforms? Capricious autocracy can't rule the internet for ever. Aux barricades les citoyens!

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/opinion/twitter-yoel-roth-elon-musk.html

Opinion | What’s Twitter’s Future? The Former Head of Trust And Safety Weighs In

Elon Musk’s brand of radical transformation has unavoidable limits.

The New York Times
@lilianedwards @joris capricious autocracy’ is a great phrase. Describes so many aspect of current lived online experience
@billt @lilianedwards @joris also 'capricious autocracy' is what you get with *all instances* of engagement with the privatised public sphere. Tech just offers some very visible pinch-points.