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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by prepend on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:04PM (#27861208)
Not at all. But I would like to see legislation (or some strong rule) that forces huge corporations or companies over a certain market share to host all legal content.

Similar to how television broadcasters have regulations that that force them to provide equal time to all major candidates.

I think there’s some reasonable threshold that doesn’t require small providers to host everything.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by amanaplanacanal on Friday July 16, 2021 @08:45PM (#27862736)
Equal time for TV hasn’t been a thing for decades. And it was justified because TVs used the public airwaves. I don’t know how you could write a law that would pass constitutional muster. And it seems very unlikely that you could get a constitutional amendment through on this topic.
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