I agree to your first point, to an extent, or at least I agree that the question must be asked: "At what point does a platform become public, despite being owne

I agree to your first point, to an extent, or at least I agree that the question must be asked: "At what point does a platform become public, despite being owned privately?". And obvious follow up would be "What do we do when a platform reaches this point". It's a question that I definitely don't claim to have the answer to, and it's an extremely fine balance to strike. I don't think the appropriate action is government encroaching on the rights of corporate entities, which we have to remember have their own rights as a legal entity, in order to attempt to solve to issue (which we know is a slim chance, given the recent history of governments intervening in technology). Does the government gain control of FaceBook? Some sort of auxillory authority? Do the platforms face some sort of regulatory scheme, and who creates it and with what goal?