MIC - Panel 2: Platforms in Crisis: Social Media In/After Platform Capitalism

Democratizing the Internet: Platforms, Pipes, Possibilities Panel 2: Platforms in Crisis: Social Media In/After Platform Capitalism Moderator: Lauren Bridges Panelists: Sarah J. Jackson, Charlton McIlwain, Nathan Schneider, Sandeep Vaheesan From Facebook’s surveillance advertising to Elon Musk’s chaotic reign over Twitter, the social media ecology that emerged in the 2010s is now crumbling. The age of corporate social media may be reaching its tragic denouement. This panel considers the structural roots of the social media crisis: what are the political and economic factors that brought us to this point? What role can government regulation and antitrust policy have in making platforms more accountable to the public? Beyond efforts to reform Silicon Valley tech giants, how might we use this moment to create social media platforms that serve the needs of a multiracial democratic society? *** Please note that the captioning for this video has been machine-generated. Should you need a more accurate format, please email contact@asc.upenn.edu.