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What do think about breaking up "big tech"? I say bring it on (if the ship hasn't sailed).

Also, that reminds me of this article I read earlier in the year: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a15895746/bust-big-tech-silicon-valley/

As for ISPs vs. social media companies, scar pretty much nailed my feelings on that. I believe that the internet is critical infrastructure, just like electricity, water, etc. Or the post; postal companies shouldn't be able to e.g. refuse packages from Amazon or you and I (unless there's a threat to safety or something). Similarly, I believe the internet should act as a "dumb pipe" with minimal filtering. The line I draw is basically between critical infrastructure itself (the internet) and uses *of* that infrastructure (social media).

I suppose what counts as "critical infrastructure" is up to interpretation though (and under some interpretations, social media could be included or the internet not included, but not both). However, the modern world would not function without the internet (not so for social media I don't think, although it would certainly take a bit of getting used to). Social media itself would not function without it (and not the other way round). It is but one use of the internet (among many, many more).

All that aside, I wouldn't be opposed to more stringent regulation of social media companies, to give people more recourse against them when facing a ban. Maybe not for *every* case (since that would clog up wherever these cases would be heard), but in cases where people's livelihoods are affected (or certain other criteria).

CableZL posted...

Also pretending people have a constitutional right to have accounts on YouTube or Facebook.

Not that an account being banned prevents that anyway. A lot of the time you can even go right back on and create another account (if this site is anything to go by lol). Sure, it's not ideal, but it's not *quite* how people are portraying it.