A gentle request for the "No spin room". Can we please avoid using extreme outliers, who trade in extreme views and questionable truth telling in here, such as Louis Farrakhan or Laura Loomer. They will just inevitably detract from the policy questions that you want to raise.

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I think that on the merits of the policy question raised. I think that tech monopolies are no different than media monopolies. The FCC doesn't seem interested in regulating broadcast opinion and concentration. I don't see why tech monopolies should be treated different than media ones.

From a practical perspective, its going to be VERY hard to regulate the internet, especially parts of it that don't involve infrastructure. The reason why Twitter and Facebook etc., are valuable is because they, through their own investment and marketing, have the confidence (rightly or wrongly) of enough people to make them valuable. They have a right to make business decisions about what kind of content is to be allowed on their platforms. No one is making it impossible for another social network group to exist. The problem is that the provocateurs cannot reach many people using an alternate form of social media, because large numbers of people don't want to join those new networks.

So, there are few capacity constraints for social networking sites.

But there are more capacity constraints for broadcast and cable outlets.

Now lets contrast that with local broadcast news. In that industry, there IS limited capacity. In my hometown of Mobile Alabama, for example one company (Sinclair) either owns or controls all but 1 TV station's local news content. And there ARE regulations preventing new entries. You can't just start a TV station, regardless of how much money you raise. I think that's a bigger issue.

And then there's cable, which also has elements of capacity constraints, although not as much as for broadcast companies.

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It appears to me that those complaining aren't upset about a non-existent social network monopoly, but rather that they want to force people to watch or view the content against their intentions.

Bottom line...if no one is preventing you from starting your own social network company, I don't see how you can mandate viewpoint non-discrimination without some really extreme unintended consequences.