Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers
by bduerst on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:22PM
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>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
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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.
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.