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This is weird to me, the argument is not just that company X is a private platform so they should be able to do what they want it is that they're a private US p
by Grimm1 6y ago
This is weird to me, the argument is not just that company X is a private platform so they should be able to do what they want it is that they're a private US platform and in the US they can do what they want because that's generally the law and social understanding of companies in the US. At least for me it was never that company X can do what they want globally.
That's silly they're subject to the laws of the jurisdiction under which they operate.
The EU is free to regulate them just like the US is free not to regulate them.
- LudwigNagasena 6y agoThe argument against/for what? Do you think people who call for new legislation think it is already illegal? This would make no sense.
- Grimm1 6y agoThe argument that since they're a private platform they should be able to do what they want. I don't think it's ever been a blanket argument globally because the concept of a private entity is very different from nation to nation.
- LudwigNagasena 6y agoI am not sure anyone aside from a tiny minority of hardcore libertarians believes that "since they're a private platform they should be able to do what they want" is a valid argument.
- Grimm1 6y agoSure, I think I'd agree there but the OP phrased this like "Take that all you people who have been saying this" I was like that must be a fraction of a fraction of people who were.
- coliveira 6y agoCorporations cannot do "what they want" in the US, they're subject to regulations and to anti-trust laws. The problem is that the government (both parties) has been very lax about anti-trust enforcement. So now we have companies that are virtual monopolies and oligopolies trying to remove whatever regulations still remain in the books.
- Grimm1 6y agoWell duh. I stated as much in my last two lines. I swear people read like three words of other people's statements instead of the whole thing and then reply.
- znpy 6y ago> they're subject to regulations and to anti-trust laws they're SUPPOSED TO BE subject to regulations and to anti-trust laws. Quite frankly we've all seen US companies dodge anti-trust and regulations bullets left and right in the last 10-15 years.