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If you believe Facebook is a monopoly, then the solution is to break up its monopoly, not to compel it to behave a certain way in its capacity as a monopoly.
by toomanyrichies 7y ago
If you believe Facebook is a monopoly, then the solution is to break up its monopoly, not to compel it to behave a certain way in its capacity as a monopoly.
- jessaustin 7y agoIn the past, other remedies have been found. For some time, there was a status called "common carrier". Firms that were considered common carriers certainly were compelled to behave in certain ways. Now they've paid lobbyists and lawyers lots of money so that doesn't exist anymore. Still, it isn't inconceivable that legislators who really valued the public good could create a "common online service" status to cover this and similar situations.
- belltaco 7y agoThis doesn't make any sense. The common carrier status still exists. It doesn't make sense to apply it to particular websites unless Congress acts to create a new law.