The media can free itself from the forces that arouse its self-destructive impulses. Some of the tools are already in our hands—antitrust laws to break up tech monopolies. Other tools would change the structure of the game—for example, regulations to classify digital platforms as publishers, with the resulting responsibilities and liabilities. Tech

is vital for an informed public, and government can prioritize it in three areas: in disclosing state actor influence operations to the public, in declaring their own takedown requests, and in ensuring that outside researchers have the tools necessary to study the powerful private actors of Big Tech.