Ericka Simone<p>Me realizing the dismantling of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netneutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netneutrality</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> safety, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> moderation, coming of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CambridgeAnalytica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeAnalytica</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gamergate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gamergate</span></a> situation all happened around the same time (2011 - 2015), directly driving the downslide into racism and misogyny on the internet, while realizing the first levels of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deadinternettheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deadinternettheory</span></a> started appearing immediately after:</p>