The coming battle between social media and the state

Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength.

11 January, 2025 by David Allen Green

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” is the important question posed by the Roman poet Juvenal, translated by the English author Alan Moore as “Who watches the watchmen?”.

But it is perhaps a question with a complacent implicit assumption. It presupposes that it is possible to watch

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