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Re:Google and Facebook should be regulated for news content,... by Kaveren on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @10:48AM (#19144448)
> Why the censorship is done by a corporation is so much better than the one done by an elected government? I think that censorship is the wrong thing not who does it.

Because a company can censor whatever they want, and you don't have to use Facebook if you don't want to. With the government, there is an inherent threat of violence if you don't comply. Very simple.

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Re:Google and Facebook should be regulated for news content,... by anoncake on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @11:21AM (#19154171)
> and you don't have to use Facebook if you don't want to.

That must be a nice fantasy land you're living in.

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Re:Google and Facebook should be regulated for news content,... by kuraudo on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @01:52PM (#19146300)
Yes, currently they can. The argument is that this is not desirable given how much sway these companies have over politics. For example, I have read that Donald Trump was elected as a result of Twitter; I wonder if he can win re-election when all of his support inevitably gets banned? It will be interesting to watch.

If the public square has become the internet, it behooves the government to regulate it for political speech in the same way they do sex,race,religion, .etc.

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