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A comment on Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t be able to buy ads. Parent comment

Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by brandonmenc on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:53PM (#15118059)
> No one, no matter what size corporation or platform, is expected to give you a podium from which to do so.

The intersection of people arguing that ISPs are common carriers and also that corporations can deny you a platform.

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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by sqeaky on Monday August 28, 2017 @01:19PM (#15118281)
That intersection sounds like hypocrisy until you think about how being a common carrier is a government rule and it really is the government that needs to restrained to prevent censorship.

I definitely accept the need for that intersection for the USA at this point.

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