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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by m463 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:38PM (#21278175)
I think you're correct -- a phone call is one-to-one and the internet is a broadcast medium.

I believe radio (as in ham radio) actually has FCC rules regarding identification and profanity.

Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by Reelin on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @10:52PM (#21278521)
It does, but as far as I understand that's only because EM spectrum is a very limited (as used in practice) public resource. The logic wasn't (many to one) -> (regulation), it was (limited resource) + (EM interference problems) -> (government controlled public space) -> (regulation). The US National Parks might be a good analogy here - very high traffic combined with limited space availability.

In particular, note that in the public resource analogy the regulation is quite neutral; legal censorship of profanity in the US is very narrow.