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This is technically true, but when megacorps become the government within their niche, then maybe the 1st amendment should apply.
by netr0ute 5y ago
This is technically true, but when megacorps become the government within their niche, then maybe the 1st amendment should apply.
- stillbourne 5y agoThere is nothing stopping anyone from competing in the free market. If you think perhaps there is a reason megacorps should somehow get a revocation of the frist amendment because they are too big, perhaps we should consider breaking them up instead. Free speech is foundational to a free society. Megacorp social media platforms? Not so much. I would rather see Facebook, Google, and Amazon dissolved into a million smaller corporations than see a modification to the first amendment.
- dexterdog 5y agoWhere is there a free market?
- 5835372 5y agoNo they don't. Governments act by means of violence. That's why they are dangerous. Social media companies have never killed, tortured, or imprisoned anyone. The worst they can do is refuse to deal with you.
- netr0ute 5y agoStill technically true, but social media companies can conceivably have caused preventable deaths or other bad things due to their algorithms designed to cause hate in the name of "engagement."