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Tech Billionaires Weaponize Search and Feeds Against Independent Media

Google, Facebook, and X are systematically degrading traffic to independent news outlets. This reveals how algorithmic control functions as editorial power without public accountability. Unlike traditional censorship, this operates through buried visibility rather than outright bans, making it harder to fight while achieving similar suppression effects. As tech platforms consolidate editorial influence, the independence of non-legacy media depends entirely on the political mood of whoever controls the algorithm.