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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by tmaly on Friday July 24, 2020 @11:44AM (#23940846)
> Twitter is a private public square

So ABC, NBC, CBS are all private companies and they are much older than Twitter. How is it that they can be regulated by the FCC?

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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by astura on Friday July 24, 2020 @11:53AM (#23940961)
FCC only regulates broadcasts that go over the public airways; cable TV isn't regulated by the FCC.
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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by tmaly on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:38PM (#23942281)
is LTE not public airwaves?
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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by thephyber on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:55PM (#23943752)
Your cell company that directly controls the LTE transmission is regulated by the FCC, not every small website you may interact with on TCP/IP on your smartphone over LTE.
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