@FelixBC
When social media was originally on the rise, I remember alarming statements by digital rights activists like EFF that the business model of many social media platforms (collecting private info, and using it to influence you) made them an inherent threat to democracy. I ignored it at the time because I was being a curmudgeon and wasn't actually on social media.

When Cambridge Analytica hit, I suddenly remembered those old op-eds and realized I should have listened sooner.