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Aftab Ahmed on Meta’s dominance | Policy Magazine

Published: 23 January 2025

January 22, 2025 | Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about growing as social media applications such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp command over three billion active monthly users worldwide. In the Policy Magazine, he wrote "Meta faces no competition capable of challenging its influence. That monopoly, when exercised in aid of a particular ideology or regime, especially one with a proven anti-democracy agenda, essentially gives it the power of a conventional intelligence entity without the oversight." Without institution-led editorial oversight or gatekeeping designed to prevent real-world harm, Meta risks becoming the worst version of itself: a global accelerant for public harm arising from social media.

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