Yup. Steem definitely has a lot to offer in this sort of situation. Decentralization is becoming more and more important IMO.
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Yup. Steem definitely has a lot to offer in this sort of situation. Decentralization is becoming more and more important IMO.
The preservation of free speech is going to need not just a decentralized solution, but a completely anonymous one as well. When the state fails to achieve desired levels of censorship by having the platforms enforce censorship for them, it will almost certainly up the ante by targeting those who exercise their right to free speech directly. Unfortunately, this is already happening in Germany, see this, and this, and yet more. What amazes me is that you have to go the English speaking independent/alternative press to find uncensored news on what is happening in terms of demographic shifts and escalating crime in Europe.
I went through minor efforts to keep myself anonymous when joining Steemit exactly for this reason, as can be read in my introductory post. Of course, if the state wants to find out who you are, unless you are a master hacker, it will find out. That is why it is all the more important that a heavily encrypted, decentralized and fully anonymous social media platform be launched asap before the internet becomes strictly regulated and needs an "internet license" to access as is already in the works.