POPA ReconBetween 2012 and the late 2010s, major internet platforms shifted from near-total openness to extensive content moderation regimes…
Between 2012 and the late 2010s, major internet platforms shifted from near-total openness to extensive content moderation regimes, reversing a prior consensus among Western institutions that internet freedom was essential to global liberty. This transformation matters because it fundamentally changed who controls public discourse online, replacing decentralized expression with platform-enforced ideological boundaries backed by institutional pressure. Source
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