# Power should be with the people, not platform gatekeepers

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-07-14
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** AKASH NETWORK - DECENTRALISED CLOUD - DEEP DIVE - WITH THE CEO - 1 OF 2 (Crypto Rich)
- **Watch at:** 00:20:35 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fFyRgivoU&t=1235s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-07-14-power-should-be-with-the-people-not-platform-gatek-szzd/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Power should be with the people, not platform gatekeepers," AKASH NETWORK - DECENTRALISED CLOUD - DEEP DIVE - WITH THE CEO - 1 OF 2 (Crypto Rich), 14 Jul 2021, 00:20:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fFyRgivoU&t=1235s

## Quote — verbatim

> The problem is that whoever heads the institution has all the power, and I don't like that. I rather want the power to be with the people. So we built Akash Network to keep the power to the people.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Discussing deplatforming (Parler taken down by AWS/Cloudflare) as evidence that centralized clouds can silence groups regardless of politics.