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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by tomohawk on Monday May 18, 2020 @08:32AM (#23221497)
Telcos are private. They are not allowed to disconnect calls when people are talking about things they don't like. They are not allowed to drop accounts for organizations saying things they don't like.

Electric companies are mostly private. They are not allowed to cut off electricity to people/orgs that say things they don't like.

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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by kanox on Monday May 18, 2020 @08:55AM (#23221708)
People claim that internet platforms present a novel problem but telcos are a very good model for regulation.

Governments should ban large platforms (>10M users) from editorial discretion.

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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by tzs on Monday May 18, 2020 @10:40AM (#23222888)
Telephone communications are one to one, not one to many, which makes their regulations largely irrelevant as a model for regulating one to many systems.
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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by dcist on Monday May 18, 2020 @10:17AM (#23222588)
Telcos and utilities are regulated as common carriers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier
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