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Facebook and twitter will soon become the primary medium for a government to communicate with its citizens. It's the new press, so governments have to make sure
by return0 11y ago
Facebook and twitter will soon become the primary medium for a government to communicate with its citizens. It's the new press, so governments have to make sure their citizens have access to that information, regardless of whether they want to use their real names or not. The freedom of the press cuts both ways, and forces a number of responsibilities on these companies, due to their peculiar and de-facto monopoly state, and the sheer amount of attention time they occupy. The press was not completely unregulated in any well-functioning democracy, and i don't see the reason why the new (increasingly old actually) media should not be.