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I hope the internet returns to this model for like a dozen reasons. Insofar as we can be sure this kind of regulation gets there it should be celebrated imo.
by gfodor 4y ago
I hope the internet returns to this model for like a dozen reasons. Insofar as we can be sure this kind of regulation gets there it should be celebrated imo.
- scarface74 4y agoThe internet should be a common carrier. A private company that sits on top of the internet is not a common carrier. Why should the government be able to regulate what private companies publish? I bet you dollars to doughnuts that neither RedState or Truth social would want to be under the same regulations. I’ve been banned from RedState twice.
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- starik36 4y agoBut if the company is the de-facto monopoly in the political discourse, like Twitter is, then it should be treated as a common carrier/utility/etc...
- scarface74 4y agoHow is Twitter a de facto monopoly? They have a monopoly on what exactly - communication forums on the Internet? Why is it that conservatives are unable to create an alternative?
- starik36 4y agoThey have a monopoly on political discourse. Why isn’t there an alternative? Network effect.
- scarface74 4y agoSo there is no other way that people can talk about politics without going on Twitter? If Twitter is a monopoly and doing is badly as they are financially. They must be doing something wrong. I’m sure if Fox News or a billionaire ex-president wanted to start a social media platform he could. He has plenty of people coming to his rallies. He couldn’t get enough of his 75 million voters to come to Truth Social to make it successful.