# Platform power will inevitably be abused

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-06-16
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** DeFi Summit - Conference Day 1 - June 15th (Tuesday) (Dcentral Con)
- **Watch at:** 06:14:17 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3b3aoKEnEA&t=22457s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-06-16-platform-power-will-inevitably-be-abused-hwv5/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Platform power will inevitably be abused," DeFi Summit - Conference Day 1 - June 15th (Tuesday) (Dcentral Con), 16 Jun 2021, 06:14:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3b3aoKEnEA&t=22457s

## Quote — verbatim

> I'm not worried about when they use for good, but I'm really worried about when they use for bad. And if you tell me nothing bad happens, I'll tell you you're full of shit. So something will happen, something bad will happen. And that's when — when a centralized platform can censor a sitting US president, that tells you the amount of power these platforms have.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Pros/cons question from Mona; Greg's censorship-resistance argument, adding that state actors are already "weaponizing de-platforming" against organizations they disagree with.