" (...) no one is coming to save us from this polluted information environment – not the government or the companies. If we want a good quality information environment, we are going to have to build a new one beyond the walls of the existing Big Tech social media platforms.

We can do that by funding people who do the hard work of collecting facts (aka journalism) and by finding new ways to reach audiences. Luckily, there is a new movement brewing that aims to break open the gates of the closed social media platforms – the so-called “fediverse,” also known as the social web."

This is an excellent read from @Julia

You can read the full text here: buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/arc…

#journalism #bigtech #socialmedia #fediverse

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