I'm not one inclined to seek regulation or greater government intrusion into our lives, but on this issue, I'm with Bannon. While there is this great brouhaha in the press about "foreign influence on our elections", how about a little attention to
domestic influence, outside of that which is regulated (campaign contributions), which is very influential and not at all visible to the public? As in Google's search algorithm, which may have been altered to emphasize negative information about Trump and de-emphasize negative information about Hillary in the 2016 campaign. Google executives can contribute to candidates campaigns, subject to the limits all he rest of us face. They can contribute to PAC's without limits. But Google itself, or Alphabet, cannot as a corporation contribute to a candidate's campaign. That has been prohibited since the aftermath of Watergate in the 1970's. But what about some hidden, minor tweak to the search algorithm, which would have great impact on the public debate, but would not be reflected in the archaic regulatory process we have for campaign contributions?
This is what needs a special counsel.