>Maybe it's time said governments start just banning or outlawing these platforms
They should and it's long overdue.
America, China, Russia and to a far lesser extent Japan and South Korea all have outsized political interference power upon other countries through the various social networks that operate out of them.
Any country with a desire to safeguard domestic politics against foreign interference and influence should be banning them without question and it should not be controversial.
Depends. My country doesn't moderate social networks in any way. Instead, it profiles people. Nationals who are not behaving get called, foreigners are turned in the border.
As expected, our posts are complying, you would think we live in Switzerland
They should and it's long overdue.
America, China, Russia and to a far lesser extent Japan and South Korea all have outsized political interference power upon other countries through the various social networks that operate out of them.
Any country with a desire to safeguard domestic politics against foreign interference and influence should be banning them without question and it should not be controversial.