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To: lasereye

Its time for a heavy dose of federal regulation of Big Tech.

Repeal section 320. Start regulating them not as conduits but as media which they effectively are.

The DOJ should look into antitrust actions against Google, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon especially.

Oh and of course they are effectively the digital town square as the 9th circuit ruled a privately owned mall on private land is - and as such they could not bar protestors from coming onto their property.


4 posted on 08/17/2018 10:13:32 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird
Start regulating them not as conduits but as media which they effectively are.

The government can't regulate media. It is protected under the First.

It would be more appropriate to regulate the social media giants as public accommodations. Think Motel 6, but for conversation, not for staying overnight.

Then Alex Jones would be able to sue them the way faggots sue bakers who decline to decorate gay wedding cakes in ways offensive to their moral beliefs.

Of course, then the rub is, when does a site become a public accommodation? Is YouTube a public accommodation? Is Bitchute? Is FR?

9 posted on 08/17/2018 10:43:36 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: FLT-bird
"Its time for a heavy dose of federal regulation of Big Tech."

More fed regulation is the answer? More laws? Bigger government?

What will happen when the progressives regain control?

I favor free market solutions. Or perhaps treating them as a monopoly under current law.

25 posted on 08/18/2018 5:36:33 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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