@DrJackBrown like, it wasn't this beacon of #Freedom and #Liberation. It's a little #TechnoUtopian to take that line of reasoning, wouldn't you say?

We know that a #SocialMediaPlatform can be used as a space for collective or global action against oppressive governments— #ArabSpring comes to mind — but we also know that they can be manipulated, exploited, and fundamentally do not change systems of power on their own.