Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy.

The beginning of 2025 brought good intentions, plans and a certain sense of hope for the future. However, it also brought a lot of news in the technological sphere - who would have expected that one of the social networking giants would disappear? Although it was a temporary removal, Tiktok was actually banned on US soil for a very short period of time.

For months, if not years, the US Congress had repeatedly shown interest in a potential ban of the application on the nation's soil, if the company behind Tiktok had not changed its ways. On 19 January the application was rendered unusable in America - however, on the following day, it became functional again. A message flashed across the screen, a thank-you to President Trump for allowing the application to return.

Today's article explores the effects of politics on the personal realities of users, pointing out that the only way out of the technological oligarchy is a decentralisation of social media.