Why the GameStop affair is a perfect example of 'platform populism' | Evgeny Morozov

Like Uber, Airbnb or WeWork, the Robinhood brokerage app offers only an illusion of democracy The GameStop saga, for all the havoc it has caused to the global markets, is not just a tale of idealistic individual investors humiliating a bunch of arrogant hedge funds – even if the tides turned on Tuesday, with a plunge in GameStop’s shares. For one, it feels like an unannounced sequel to the 6 January riots on Capitol Hill: both have featured a horde of angry, foul-mouthed social media