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> The government controlling social media platforms is vastly different from a collection of companies controlling social media platforms that they built. The
by kanox 6y ago
> The government controlling social media platforms is vastly different from a collection of companies controlling social media platforms that they built.
The difference is not particularly significant.
- huntertwo 6y agoYeah man I remember when Mark Zuckerberg came into my house and took my wife and kids for saying something on Facebook.
- salmonfamine 6y agoThis is a facetious reply, but I don't think the government's punishment of free speech violations would have to be totalitarian to be highly concerning. Likewise, I think allowing a handful of tech employees and billionaires to control what is and is not free speech -- without any democratic control or regulation -- is also highly concerning. It blows my mind that the so-called left is advocating for the right of private, global, monopolistic corporations to act with impunity.