As former MEP Marietje Schaake (previously) writes, "Can we please stop calling Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, etc 'The online public square'? They're ad companies. It is like calling a billboard ad a 'vertical public message'…. Pay for play, social media & search engines have created an online marketplace of ideas. Money talks." (via JWZ)
Can we please stop calling Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, etc 'The online public square'? They're ad companies. It is like calling a billboard ad a 'vertical public message'…. Pay for play, social media & search engines have created an online marketplace of ideas. Money talks ↘️ pic.twitter.com/YR5Pu7sPP1
— Marietje Schaake (@MarietjeSchaake) October 4, 2019
