I want to introduce the term "Territory" to cyberspace. A Territory is a subset of cyberspace that is governed by the same entity.
E.g. when I visit a website, I enter the Territory that the website belongs to, necessarily subjecting myself to the governance in effect in that Territory. That may include TOS, content moderation policy, required payments and fees (e.g. app store cuts) etc
This makes it easy to talk about "the rules", because it's just like crossing borders in the physical world.
So Facebook and Instagram are built on Meta Territory, and that's largely a Zuck autocracy. Twitter is now a private fief Territory of Elon.
While social.coop, from whose Territory I write this, is a democracy.
@J12t that's an astute observation. Thanks!!! We could extend it to regions when instances of similar intents/cultures/ beliefs begin to live as federations
@J12t when I pull up a web page I'm not entering their territory. I'm reading their billboard