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I agree with you, but I don't see that as "regulating the Internet" (which is the idea I don't like at all), because: 1) you're really just aiming to regulate
by ivanhoe 7y ago
I agree with you, but I don't see that as "regulating the Internet" (which is the idea I don't like at all), because:
1) you're really just aiming to regulate the selective censorship (which is in a direct relation to the existing monopoly laws)
2) why limit it on the Internet? TV and newspapers played exactly the same game for decades and they still do on some subjects. And when no major newspapers mentions a certain story, it's pretty much to the same effect as if google's removed it from the index. You need to first hear about something to know what to google for, and if it's not on a few mainstream media sites for most of people it just didn't happen.
- roenxi 7y agoIt isn't that (2) is a bad idea on the face of it, just that a further legislative push seems unnecessary as the tools are already in place. I assume the libraries have an index of newspaper articles dating back a few decades that can be used to chart out what stories get mentioned. A similar index of TV programming is probably already available. If it isn't it should be.