Twitter seeks to set biased agenda

Before the coming of the internet age, many a person wishfully harbored a devout hope that the free flow of information availed by almighty technology would make the world better. At least, for some.

But as the internet celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, many people have come to realize that the so-called freedom of speech that was heralded with its arrival is nothing but a side-effect of the civil use of the technology that stemmed from the ARPANET, Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, which the US Department of Defense launched in 1969, rather than an inherent characteristic. For the technology not only lowers the costs of information flow, but also of information control.

Which, in other words, vests the large-scale social media platforms with almost unrestricted discretionary power in setting the agenda of the opinion market and public debate.