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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by jzb on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:28PM (#24307547)
That's because the airwaves are public, so the FCC could regulate / require equal time in the public interest. A TV or radio station isn't operating entirely on its own dime - it's using a public resource, so it should be done in the public interest.

There was no fairness doctrine applied to, say, newspapers.

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by just_fred on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:41PM (#24307727)
The internet is a public resource.
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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by MattGaiser on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:49PM (#24307824)
It is more a massive collection of the different resources of many different people.
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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by josephcsible on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:48PM (#24307812)
Not in the same way the airwaves are. You can run your own network cable but everyone has to share the same limited airwaves.
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