Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump
by tempsy on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:39PM
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I didn’t say that they were social utilities right now, I’m saying this could very well spark interest in regulating social media as more than just any old private business with zero regulatory framework attached to them.
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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump
by 1propionyl on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:42PM
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> ...these companies are more than just private companies they are social utilities.
They are not though. They are just private companies. We can argue until the cows come home about how people see them, how they use them, how they feel about them... but at the end of the day they are just private companies.
I agree that we should consider whether that should remain the case. But right now... it is the case.