LEETARU TO KAUFMANN: Connection: Kaufmann describes how “uploading her photographs for a client could take anywhere from two to five nights” because of slow internet (Kaufmann 2024). Leetaru writes that “social media platforms earn a profit from terrorism propaganda and recruiting, human trafficking, genocide, hate speech, sexism, racism, suicide, bullying and all other forms of unimaginably horrific activity” (Leetaru 2018). Both articles show that technology shapes what we can access and how we interact with the world. Kaufmann shows the frustration of lacking access to basic tools, while Leetaru shows how platforms can profit from harmful content that users do access, highlighting how digital systems can both limit and harm users.