Posted on 09/03/2018 3:39:07 AM PDT by Prolixus
The problem is those companies are so huge that it is difficult not to use them. There are no comparable companies to use.
So it may be necessary, just like ATT back in the day, to have the FCC declare them public utilities and regulate them as such.
No-one is asking AT&T to suppress free-speech [although Net Neutrality may be intended for this purpose].
We are asking that we do not have Globalist propaganda forced upon us.
Let’s not be so careful that we are afraid to jump out of the water before it boils us.
Whatever happened to Barry Young? Never hear a thing after he left Phoenix KFYI.
She’s a natural blonde..?? nuff said (ducks)
google is a monopoly and now refuses to deal with the US military because their employees asked them not too. Instead google took their AI research to a chinese university which works for the chinese military. They’re a threat to the US and are trying to control political speech as are FB and YT and Twitter.
They all deserve the government to intervene and bust up the trusts or conservative speech will disappear from major sites and politicians on the right will not have access to the public.
google should be banned from doing business in the US till they stop doing business with the Chinese military,.
Just the fact that she relies on FacePlant for her commenting system tells me everything I need to know.
......” Sounds like she is in Google’s pocket”....
Yes.
They're some of the thickest people around.
I did have XP on my now long dead laptop. It was good. Vista is the system I skipped due to FR comments. I'm running windows 7. I tried 10 and hated it, so went back.
You cannot get search results without google. All of the other engines use their results.
Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex. Those a use Google search engines or their own?
Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex. Those use Google search engines or their own?
Google, FB, Twitter, and all the rest use the equivalent of the public airwaves via the internet and all should be considered public utilities
You are wrong:
1. They are not private companies. They are publicly-traded corporations with stockholders, and so are subject to SEC oversight. (Have you ever heard of an IPO: Initial PUBLIC Offering?)
2. They are designated neutral platforms, as they are protected from liability by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as non-publishers. Engaging in editing of posts is acting as a publisher.
3. They publish terms of service to customers, and profess to enforce them impartially. They do not officially admit their biases. They thus commit consumer fraud.
4. They are answerable to stockholders for public actions that bring scandal that damage brand and lower value. Dramatic drops in value due to their polices are actionable.
Being private SECTOR does not equal being private COMPANY.
And is unacceptable. Consumer fraud is a real crime.
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