Congress Escalates Pressure on Tech Giants to Censor,Threatening First Amendment

Re:Congress Escalates Pressure on Tech Giants to Censor,Thre... by MilnerRoute on Saturday February 20, 2021 @02:27PM (#26207017)

Then how does he explain the existence of the FCC? Their whole job is to set limits on what can and can't be broadcast. (Just for example, there was George Carlin's famous monologue about the seven words you can never say on television...)

Greenwald may be opposed to censorship on principle, and doesn't think the government should be interfering in any way with Facebook's operations. But it seems like he's let that color his understanding of how government actually works.

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Re:Congress Escalates Pressure on Tech Giants to Censor,Thre... by chrismcb on Saturday February 20, 2021 @06:27PM (#26209098)

Fcc exists to protect public airwaves. The broadcast spectrum is a limited public resource. Apparently they also regulate "wire" and "cable" which I don't believe they should be able to. But regulating the airwaves isn't quite the same as censoring free speech.

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Re:Congress Escalates Pressure on Tech Giants to Censor,Thre... by Dracophoenix on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @04:55AM (#26235521)

Pardon my ignorance, but what sources do you have claiming the latter two are under the control of the FCC?

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