The Good Web
Ethan Zuckerman,
Stanford Social Innovation Review,
Jun 30, 2022
"What well-meaning regulatory proposals lack is a vision of social media that could be good for society," writes Ethan Zuckerman. But what would a proposal that leads to a 'Good Web' look like? Some argue that better regulation of centralized media could do it. "Large platforms have demonstrated the ability to combat some of the worst content in social media at scale." Others argue that alternatives sites should exist for deplatformed users. Still others, advocates of Web3, say nobody should regulate the internet. "The problems of Web 2.0—notably the concentration of corporate power—will be undone by a novel system of token-based democracy." Zuckerman argues "there's very little evidence that adding market mechanisms to social media makes things better." Finally, he says, "there are advocates for small networks" such as PubHub, a new network in the Netherlands.
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