Friends, Elon sees Twitter as the “common digital town square,”but this “town" is not Our Town. It is Muskville. A public square isn't owned by billionaire megalomaniacs. It belongs to the people, ruled by democracy. Instead we obsess over a man we never elected to govern. [1/6] Today Elon says Twitter will not be a “Hellscape.” But tomorrow he may awaken craving Hell. Society is at his mercy. This is vast unaccountable power that leaves us bystanders to our own future. [2/6]

Friends, Californians, CA Legislators, we head into a history-making week with the vote on #CAKidsCode and its best-in-world protections from predatory #SurveillanceCapitalism for the children of the Golden State. CA lawmakers, please lead our nation! (1)
californiaaadc.com The California Age-Appropriate Design Code introduced by @BuffyWicks & @Cunning_Jordan ensures that sites kids typically visit will be safe for them. No risks for kids = no risks for businesses. (2)

Friends, Musk/Twitter headlines are all variants of ‘what will Elon do?’ It’s a signal of how lost we are. We obsess over one man and his whims because we don’t yet have the democratic rule of law needed to govern our information spaces. Without law power is dangerous.🧵[1/8] The result: people, society, & democracy are at the mercy of the individuals who exercise ownership and/or executive control over information. We beg Mr. Zuckerberg to stop the social wreckage, honor our privacy, protect us from disinformation, but he refuses.@mariaressa [2/8]

Friends, I’m so glad to share this new piece. A glimpse into my new work as we roll up our sleeves for #TheThirdDecade. It’s OUR TURN to shape the rights, laws, institutions, that allow democracy to flourish in our digital century. "The intolerable truth is that we have ceded the ownership and operation of the digital to the political economics of private surveillance capital, which vies with democracy over the fundamental rights and principles that define our social order.”

Friends, FB’s role in takedown of @FBoversight website looks like authoritarian censorship and testimony to Mr. Zuckerberg’s tyranny. It showcases the problems we joined up to fight: power, economic self-dealing, political corruption. @carolecadwalla , @tribelaw , @Moonalice 1/4 But even if it were ‘just business' triggered by domain name, consider the atrocity: FB allows Trump lies, trolls, calls to violence, fraudulent election claims, misinformation, voter suppression, fake videos, but acts quickly and decisively in favor of its domain protection? 2/4

1/5 Friends, thanks for so many beautiful notes inspired by seeing my original concept of #SurveillanceCapitalism featured in the film #TheSocialDilemma. As surveillance capitalism disfigures our lives and politics, let’s bring this urgent discussion to our families & communities 2/5 Remember that our social dilemma isn’t caused by a single company like Facebook or one CEO like Zuckerberg. Our social dilemma is that #SurveillanceCapitalism has captured our economy, our technology, and the digital future.