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Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers by bduerst on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:00PM (#18070886)
You could make the same argument about television broadcasts in the 70's, radio in the 30's, and newsprint in the 1900's.

The medium of communication doesn't make speech suddenly exempt from the first amendment - especially when the government is actively questioning if the speech in context is legal because they don't like the search results they see.

Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers by goblekitepe on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:08PM (#18070955)
Newsprint, Radio and Television are completely different for two reasons. First, they never had the monopoly control over information that Google has.

But a more important distinction is this: Google has control over what content produced by individuals is seen by other individuals. Television, radio and newspapers are much more limited in scope, in that they are private groups which produce content that I consume. Google, Twitter and Facebook instead provide platforms for individuals to share their own content, which is what makes them part of the "public square", and which is why - combined with their monopoly control of the internet - their politically biased attempts at controlling what we see is censorship and cannot be tolerated.

Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers by bduerst on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:22PM (#18071051)
>First, they never had the monopoly control over information that Google has.

Google does not have a monopoly. Market dominance with accessible competition != monopoly. Having a consumer preferred or superior product != monopoly.

>Google has control over what content produced by individuals is seen by other individuals

And the television networks didn't? What you're describing is not different at all.

Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers by goblekitepe on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @08:49PM (#18071779)
Yes it has dominance of the market, whether it uses monopolistic practices is irrelevant.

No, television spreads the product of companies, not the thought of individuals.