Do we need publicly-owned social networks to escape Silicon Valley?
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A state-run social media network could become an alternative to Twitter or Facebook, but it could also pose a risk to our privacy and freedom

A state-run social media network could become an alternative to Twitter or Facebook, but it could also pose a risk to our privacy and freedom

  • jimmy90@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    13 days ago

    what would help is state verified identities on social media that are anonymized by the state and the media sites.

    this means verified users cannot be bots or foreign nationals.

    if you abuse your identity you cannot just create a new avatar and continue

    identities could be stolen or sold but this would be controlled in the same way id theft/abuse has been managed digitally for quite a while now