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RE: Tech regulation coming?
Being a monopoly is not actionable under the law. Misusing monopoly power is.

That being said, I agree that Google, Facebook, and Twitter hold an enormous amount of 'personal choice' power that seems to be misused at times to present or support a point of view.

Case in point -- Facebook banning alt-right dudes. I am *not* a supporter of white power viewpoints; however, I *am* as close to an absolutist in First Amendment. Problem is that Google, Facebook, and Twitter, being private actors, are not subject to First Amendment restrictions. Being private actors they can do almost anything they want 'censorship'-wise.

The answer is *not* to make them subject to First Amendment, nor is it to punish them for being a natural monopoly. Trust me, pragmatically I think this would be great; until you realize that you would be chucking the rule of law out the window to do it.

As much as I pragmatically would like the government 'to do something', that 'to do something' means stretching the applicable legal standards well past their breaking point for my taste.
12-25-2017 09:05 PM
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Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 12-24-2017, 10:49 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 12-25-2017 09:05 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Owl 69/70/75 - 12-26-2017, 08:54 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - dfarr - 12-26-2017, 09:02 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 12-27-2017, 03:44 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - EverRespect - 12-26-2017, 10:02 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - stinkfist - 12-26-2017, 07:18 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Wolfman - 12-26-2017, 11:28 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 12-27-2017, 12:56 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 12-27-2017, 03:43 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 12-31-2017, 02:05 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 01-01-2018, 09:22 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - stinkfist - 01-02-2018, 02:35 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 01-02-2018, 10:10 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - stinkfist - 03-21-2018, 01:35 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 03-23-2018, 04:28 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 12-27-2017, 03:48 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - aTxTIGER - 12-28-2017, 10:53 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 12-28-2017, 06:30 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 01-03-2018, 05:33 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Claw - 12-29-2017, 08:43 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - I45owl - 01-03-2018, 03:59 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Brookes Owl - 01-03-2018, 06:15 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 01-03-2018, 08:56 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Brookes Owl - 01-03-2018, 11:19 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Owl 69/70/75 - 01-03-2018, 11:27 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 01-04-2018, 07:58 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Brookes Owl - 01-04-2018, 10:16 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 01-04-2018, 08:02 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 01-04-2018, 11:10 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Brookes Owl - 01-04-2018, 11:38 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 01-05-2018, 09:40 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Brookes Owl - 01-05-2018, 10:29 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - miko33 - 01-24-2018, 08:51 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - HeartOfDixie - 01-24-2018, 12:11 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 01-24-2018, 04:41 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - miko33 - 02-15-2018, 10:41 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 02-15-2018, 11:49 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 02-20-2018, 02:51 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 02-27-2018, 08:21 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - stinkfist - 02-27-2018, 09:15 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 03-20-2018, 12:24 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 03-23-2018, 04:21 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 03-24-2018, 10:18 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 03-25-2018, 11:49 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 03-25-2018, 01:15 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 03-21-2018, 08:21 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Owl 69/70/75 - 03-24-2018, 12:30 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 03-25-2018, 09:04 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Owl 69/70/75 - 03-25-2018, 09:20 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 03-27-2018, 09:30 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 03-27-2018, 04:06 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 03-27-2018, 05:49 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 03-28-2018, 06:29 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 03-28-2018, 10:49 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 04-10-2018, 07:44 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 04-10-2018, 09:16 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 04-11-2018, 09:48 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - arkstfan - 04-11-2018, 10:16 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - tanqtonic - 04-11-2018, 04:49 PM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - bullet - 05-18-2018, 08:31 AM
RE: Tech regulation coming? - Claw - 05-25-2018, 07:34 PM



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