> Facebook needs to be nationalized and regulated as a public utility. That is the wrong solution. The threat to _democracy_ because of _advertising_ is a US p

> Facebook needs to be nationalized and regulated as a public utility. That is the wrong solution. The threat to _democracy_ because of _advertising_ is a US phenomenon. It says something about social values if journalism and public education/discourse, which are essential to democracy, depend for their survival on _advertising_.