[NobleFree]

Hmmm, telephone and long distance services, electric lines/power generation and distribution were all once private property. Yet, they became regulated as utilities.

In those cases, the physical disruption of laying multiple phone/power line grids was something we decided we wanted to avoid. No such physical disruption is required for new social media platforms.

[kaktuskid]

They use cell towers which are regulated by the FCC. Therefore they can be regulated