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Today, however, the picture is starkly different. Ubiquitous platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are controlled by massive corporations—Meta, Google, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, Amazon—that dominate the landscape. While these companies facilitate connectivity, they are primarily driven by profit motives, leading to what many describe as the "shitification" of the internet. Instead of organic, human-centric interactions, the digital space has become saturated with targeted advertisements, sponsored content, and AI-generated nonsense, drowning out authentic voices.