It’s time for social media interoperability

Bias in media: On the other hand, this also means that if you fear that your app is biased towards a political cause you disagree with or is unfairly editing or even censoring some voices you support, switch your app!

State censorship: This would also make State censorship much harder since even if they block some specific apps, a user can use an unofficial app to get to the same content.

This essay proposes to sidestep the issue by separating social media itself — the act of citizens forming communities to share ideas — from social media companies, by allowing a common interoperable standard in which messages generated on one app could be transported and read in any other application, therefore breaking the monopoly on social media... See more

Disinformation and Fake news: a single app would not control how to display and filter your feed, meaning that any enterprising developer could build their filters to spot unauthentic content and prevent the spread of misinformation.

Advertisement abuse: With the ad market’s fragmentation, no single company could then abuse ads to target minorities or spread misinformation. If you don’t like the type of ads you see or feel your feed is being used to influence your habits, just download another client. Your friends and content will be able to port over!