The Next Social Wave: Open, Competitive, and User-Controlled
For years, social media has been dominated by a handful of companies, shaping how information flows, harming our informational enviroment, and limiting innovation. The dangers have never been clearer. But a new paradigm is emerging—one where open protocols, competition, and user choice drive the future of social media.
This panel discussed the Future of Technology Institute (FoTI) whitepaper “Algorithmic Pluralism: Towards Competitive & Innovative Information Ecosystems” which I coauthored with Sherif Elsayed-Ali, bringing us together with Marietje Schaake, former MEP and Stanford University fellow, and Emily Liu, Head of Special Projects at Bluesky.
You can watch the entire panel at Streamyard. I'm also including two of my interventions below.
First, on the effect that authoritarian technical infrastructures have over society:
And second, on the power that the operators of digital infrastructure have: