As the clout of Disney grows at the expense of the competition, it could put pressure on the latter to clean up their collective acts and put in place more safeguards. — AP
For much of the past decade, the digital media landscape has largely been defined by disruptive companies such as Facebook, YouTube and Netflix.
In the case of Facebook and YouTube, those disruptors are now seen as problematic; both face accusations that their platforms have become venues for privacy invasion, misinformation, malicious foreign actors and domestic political extremism. As the US federal government weighs regulating these companies, this creates an opening for platforms that are well-policed with the potential to take market share from the incumbent bad actors. That suggests the introduction of Walt Disney Co's new Disney+ video-streaming service couldn’t have been better timed.
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