Re:FB and Twitter have special portals for the government to...
by joshuamorton on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @05:48PM
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> Nobody said that they are national governments. They are organizations with governance policies.
Under this definition, practically any organization "is a government". My college debate team, Tesla, your local Starbucks. All "governments", because they are organizations have a governance policy (which really just means "leadership").
> Banning moderation is deregulation.
No. The government controlling how corporations can act is, definitionally, regulation. You can argue that is good regulation, but it is regulation. If I am allowed to censor you, that is less regulation than if I am legally prevented from censoring you.
Even if corporations are not governments, they are far more similar to governments then they are to private individuals.
Moderation is a form of regulation- it is a way of regulating speech. Banning moderation is deregulation.
"More platforms" is not the answer. In a democracy, when people are publicly discussing matters of public or political importance, other citizens have the right to participate in that conversation.