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I think if they control 60% of the news pipeline (and climbing), they're categorically different. The U.S. government regularly investigates similarly large ent
by weberc2 10y ago
I think if they control 60% of the news pipeline (and climbing), they're categorically different. The U.S. government regularly investigates similarly large entities.
- caseysoftware 10y agoFacebook, et al, campaigned to have internet access be considered a utility instead of a luxury. The UN is pushing it as a human right. If you follow that line of reasoning, the companies who run the pipes and control the flow of information aren't just companies playing favorites. They're potentially influencing - if not outright regulating - human rights worldwide.. which means they should have a much higher level of scrutiny. And they walked right into that one.