But Elon buying Twitter - or not buying Twitter - is not really going to solve the underlying issue we are facing here: that social media has become a harmful oligopoly that needs to be reined in. Google, Twitter, Facebook (or Alphabet, Meta and... still Twitter) are in control of the modern town square. They should be classified as utilities and forced to be more transparent. This means opening up alogrithms to independent auditing, this means opening up what happens with moderation, this means sticking to one set of rules and applying them equally to everyone. I am sure no billionare would like this, but it's what I believe needs to happen.