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Re:Regulate Facebook and Twitter? The Case Is Getting Stronger by cabalamat on Friday February 15, 2019 @04:49AM (#19169666)
> What we need is more effective anti-trust legislation and enforcement, so that a number of platforms can coexist and compete even though there is a strong network effect to having a single platform.

One way to achieve that would be to require that platforms for user-generated content make that content available on open protocols, such as ActivityPub and RSS.

> I would also support laws requiring that these social media platforms [...] don't censor beyond what the law requires minimally

Then they wouldn't be allowed to ban spam, which would be a regressive step.

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