Is the Twitter Revolt Real?

This is not the first time swaths of people have stood up against a billionaire controlling an international dialog.

As early as 2013, Facebook had already revealed itself to be the worst, most dangerous social media corporation on the internet. It tried to be the internet. With that responsibility under the leadership of Mark Zuckerberg had already made a mess of things. Facebook illegally collected information, stored your personal data to sell to advertisers and politicians, experienced multiple hacks and data compromises resulting in several lawsuits and a hot-seat before a Senate committee to answer directly on behalf of their skewered ethics. In 2014 they tried to force everyone to use the real names, as represented on government issued identifications, which put millions of people in harms way; Women evading abusive ex spouses and stalkers, trans people who hadn’t yet changed their documentation were suddenly outed to colleagues and peer groups while hate groups like Kiwi Farms harvested that information to create “Kill lists” or anyone that had been revealed as trans or non-binary. In an effort to compete with Ebay and other online auction sites, they launched Facebook Marketplace, where people looking to sell things could list the item, and meet the buyer in person. This was an open invite for predatory individuals to spy on a potential seller, access their profile, look at their photos…