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> that news sources would be required to present contrasting viewpoints Personally, I don't have a problem with publishers engaging in publishing. So I wouldn'

• klyrs 6y ago
  I'd love to see the Citizens United ruling overturned. It would be great for our society to not treat corporations as people. But as it stands, corporations are found to have free speech rights. Social media companies are both publishers and platforms. Many news sites now have comments sections, too -- they're both publishers and platforms. What is the large, philosophical difference that separates them?
  • stale2002 6y ago
    > But as it stands, corporations are found to have free speech rights Sure. They have those right, just like a newspaper has those rights. But these companies and newspapers are also liable for their speech. And the companies that are not liable for the speech, are companies like phone companies. Phone companies are required to follow certain restrictions, and the courts have found them to be perfectly legal. > What is the large, philosophical difference that separates them? Take the phone network, as an example. The courts already treated the phone network, differently than they do a newspaper.