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A very insightful analysis of the implications of the Spanish government’s recent move to ban social media for minors.

We no longer understand the reality around us and live in a state of growing confusion. The culprit is Silicon Valley, which is preparing a dystopian coup against democracy.

Not as big as in Madrid, but I remember some friends trying it. Never that kind of moment, though. Facebook had quite a big implementation here... but at some point in 2017 or 2018 everyone started fogetting about it.

In Catalonia, my little country in the Mediterranean, Facebook’s pretty much a ghost town, especially for millennials and Gen Z. Moving people away from Instagram, though, feels like a much tougher challenge. These platforms have had over a decade to build up so much stuff for users that leaving just seems like too much effort.

I’m not sure what the future holds, but a more fragmented, federated setup feels like a way better option than sticking with the same old stable monopolies.