The Bureaucratized System of Private Platforms

In the old way in which there was government oversight or influence coercion of these private platforms, we have this just very different situation. The platforms are doing things that look quite governmental and they're doing it in close collaboration with the government. And so what we have here is a kind of bureaucratized system that looks,. you know, and I think it fits into this broader story in which the platforms have taken on a quasi governmental role.