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To: MtnClimber
As I've said before, Big Tech need to be regulated like utilities.....ie no discriminatory provision of service. They MAY NOT censor anyone for anything other than "CLEARLY ILLEGAL" speech....so no kiddie porn, terroristic threats, etc. Otherwise no censorship allowed.

If you want to run a message board like this one and others which has limited size/reach. Fine. You can ban and censor. If you're running a huge social media company? Nope! They no more get to ban or censor than the power company gets to refuse you service because they don't like your politics. Too damn bad for the power company. They have to sell you electricity just like they do everybody else.

We cannot allow authoritarian Yurps to EVER determine what Americans can say in America on American platforms. No way.

4 posted on 03/10/2026 5:52:33 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

“no censorship allowed” except where it is?


7 posted on 03/10/2026 6:17:08 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: FLT-bird

So you want the government to decide what “huge” is and who can control a private company.
No thanks.


10 posted on 03/10/2026 6:28:02 AM PDT by Varda
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To: FLT-bird

“Big Tech need to be regulated like utilities”

The ISPs are utilities like AT&T was in the 1970s. AT&T didn’t care what I said, nor could it practically care.

Meta and X, if they choose to rely on free creative content, have to go through some effort to monitor it. The Fourth Reich will insist if they wish to get revenue from organizations in the Fourth Reich.

What Meta & X might do is to have people they trust view each new item. After say 200 trusted person views without objection, the item might get released to all that have requested the type of content they’ve requested.


12 posted on 03/10/2026 6:46:57 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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