Let's put the blame where it belongs. Monopolistic companies destroyed the internet.

> This is the media ecosystem we live in now — a supercharged shopping system that thrives on outrage, dominates the culture, and resists any real scrutiny because no one’s really in charge

That's the media ecosystem you've lived in your entire life. The internet, as always, just scaled up what we already had.

Are there any moves afoot to adjust laws to make "marketplace" websites liable for the actions of sellers?

Illegitimate knockoffs would be less of an issue if you had to go to independent websites to find them.

It's like somebody set out to do what the 90s Geocities couldn't, using modern tech.

July https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/709635/knock-it-off (https://archive.ph/Y0dvZ)

Nov https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/804409/perez-hilton-liv... (https://archive.ph/fuXL4)

Nov https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/818380/college-students... (https://archive.ph/Edc6G)

Dec https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/836456/influencers-tikt... (https://archive.ph/Atrlc)

Also, that's rich coming The Verge/Vox. Pot, meet Kettle.