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Saying that it's a communications utility may be the best argument for regulation. However, I don't think Facebook provides anything essential and so it's much

• naasking 4y ago
  > However, I don't think Facebook provides anything essential I'm speaking to social media in general. Is it not undeniable that if there's a public outcry on social media, that politicians pay attention? Does it not then follow that access to social media is fairly important to having a voice in our politics? Is it not also true that something like 50% of Americans get their news form Facebook? These are only surface level facts, there deeper issues like, for instance, ability to organize political campaigns for a cause without access to social media being severely hampered. I don't know what your threshold for "essential", but access to these platforms sound pretty important to me, and I expect these trends will only increase.