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taco_emojiyesterday at 8:34 PM3 repliesview on HN

Then the social media companies need regulation.


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NickC25yesterday at 8:49 PM

Too bad, they have too much money to bribe lawmakers with. Zuck is worth a quarter trillion dollars, and he ain't in a rush to give up so much as a penny of that if it doesn't fufill his goals of enriching himself further.

logicchainsyesterday at 10:50 PM

Giving the state the power to regulate social media will just allow the the state to censor and control information again like it does with traditional media.

gregbotyesterday at 8:39 PM

Exactly. The fact that western governments have held that the corporations themselves have a free speech right to control your feed and speech but you do not have a free speech right to choose what the algorithm feeds you or what you say is absolutely stunning and reveals that capitalism is more powerful than liberalism in the west.