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“Blood and soil” politics are undermining our online future. Some of the biggest beneficiaries of the shift to online worlds are now trying to drag us back to an ancient world where physical ancestry is inescapable destiny. 1/4

Jonathan Bellack

@bellack.com

You would have to fragment the Internet (like in China or Iran) to stop people from sharing ideas and building relationships across national borders. Imagine being asked for proof of citizenship to join UK Instagram, or needing a passport to watch a Canadian video on YouTube. 2/4

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Jonathan Bellack

@bellack.com

11 Sept

This might sound ridiculous, but we are already being shunted toward nationalism and identity checks: forcing ByteDance to sell US Tiktok and requiring proof of age to access social media. Even the EU right to be forgotten, while well-intentioned, means the Internet changes by jurisdiction. 3/4

Jonathan Bellack

@bellack.com

11 Sept

Read more about it in the latest issue of Platformocracy, my free weekly newsletter advocating for more democracy in our online lives. 4/4

platformocracy.com“Blood and soil” politics are undermining our online futureA unique book about ancient Athens got me thinking about why billionaires are trying to destroy the global Internet culture that made them rich.