I understand the privacy concerns around the location and personal data. I have been working with location data for past 17 years and seen more privacy related issues I can count. The reason for the DLDB is to provide a humane way to analyse location data that alternatively sent to some cloud with UID.
Cool article. I would say that the new crypto-NFT-blockchain will make scamming easier. It is harder to understand market with a lot of novelty. And it is human nature to be drawn towards easier life and bigger money. Eventually, time will tell what are the use- and business cases that are actually working and will not be pyramids.
Accounts getting closed is the case of any major platform. If it is for fighting against bots and robots, it is a good thing. If it is fighting against humans, not so good. I have a opinion, that nobody should be censored/cancelled - it just makes them more angry and furious and will not change how they think or act.