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peacelilly ◴[] No.23351457[source]
It's long past time to regulate social media like a phone company, natural monopoly, or common carrier. The DOJ needs to break them up for violating the public trust, then limit their ability to refuse service to law abiding citizens moving into the future. Government has every right to force companies to be neutral platforms through regulation. It's time to revoke/enforce section 230, especially the "good faith" clause.

Anyone who says that "Twitter is a private company that can refuse anyone" has never ran an actual company. There are plenty of rules against companies discriminating. That argument is the same argument used by Democrats against the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 which a Republican majority congress passed (82% of republicans voted yes).

Remember when this forum was up in arms about NET NEUTRALITY? Remember when the big bad ISP was going to censor you? Remember when all the sites went black because thats what the ISPs would do? Now the sites that went black are all committing the censoring. All the sites that went black track every movement you make online. Who needs DNS when you have outgoing link tracking and like buttons on every page.

Social media is about to be regulated. Its about time.

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chooseaname ◴[] No.23351540[source]
> The DOJ needs to break them up for violating the public trust...

Twitter, Facebook, et al are entertainment. There's not trust to violate.

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1. Nasrudith ◴[] No.23352125[source]
Even if they were an informational service having the DOJ "break them up" would be way more illegal than anything they could directly publish.
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2. peacelilly ◴[] No.23352453[source]
You can have a monopoly and not abuse your power, or you can have your monopoly broken up. The Sherman Antitrust act still exists. Law still exists. There are already multiple anti-trust investigations underway by the states, and the DOJ.

There is bipartisan support to break them up. Ask Warren.

What is illegal about enforcing the law?