We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why

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We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why | Nick Srnicek
theguardian.com

With Google's recent monopoly status being a topic a discussion recently. This article from 2017 argues that we should nationalize these platforms in the age of platform capitalism. Ahead of its time, in fact the author predicted the downfall of Ello.

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Nationalizing Facebook is a terrible idea. 1a would turn it into an almost unmoderatable hellhole Twitter would pale in comparison to.

Ever seen the discussion on a government Facebook page where they're not legally allowed to block trolls?

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