[–] 17767847? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The foreign bodies and nations and governments and corporations are trying to seize our tech internet and social media they are trying to subvert our jobs and businesses and corporations to subvert our free speech they have been bought off by foreign interests our CEOs have been bought off by foreign corporate lobbyists.
[–] 17767835? 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago (edited ago)
Indeed. Once certain companies get so big, once they become ubiquitous, an accepted communication platform used by the masses, then they can become regulated as a public utility. It happened to TV, telephone and radio. Twitter, Facebook and Twitter have surpassed being just publicly owned companies. They are mass communication standards and the public has certain expectations about how they will be run. Expect government regulation to reign them in and regulate them as a equal access public utility.
[–] 17767476? 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
This is nonsense. You don't have freedom to say whatever you want on my property, either. Be decent or leave.
This is unnecessary. Prosecute them for meddling. For insider trading. For spying. For conspiring. For screaming "fire" when there isn't one. Allow them to be accountable for the loss of people's data.
Most of all, don't protect them from competition. Even endorse, use, support, alternatives.
No need to embrace facism regardless of what democrats claim.
TV is not public
Radio is not public (new laws and bills have already been laid out to ban frequencies)
Telephone, like all channels, are saturated with spam, cranks, and NO protections for the individual
Like all tactics employed by them, they target public spaces by saturating them with porn, hate, violence, and then create new laws agains their own actions
They destroy public spaces by making them appear unsafe
[–] 17767919? 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
No. They need to be given the same rights as you. YOU need to NOT USE THEM. There are alternatives. I haven’t used Goongle in years. I use DuckDuckGo.com and I don’t miss them at all. Do that on all your devices and computers. You are not their life blood, money is. No users, no money, goodbye. In the time it would take to get those laws passed they will already be a thing of the past because we all stopped using them. And stop saying “Goongle it” say “look it up” or “search it” that’s what you mean anyway. Peace out digital warriors
[–] 17768555? [S] ago
Remember Ma Bell? She got too big for her pants. Monopolies are a no-no according to our laws. Sorry, that's a fact.
[–] 17768076? ago
Good in theory but not in practie. they are too strong.
There is asymmetry in their power versus the individual.
How does an individual avoid google ?
They say "Don't use our services" and laugh at us.
Hidden monoploy and tyranny by anonymous people. We are witnessing the danger.