Frankly, I don't see how Facebook earned the right to censor anyone.
Yet, it's become an expectation, to the point where their failure to censure Trump has become a cause.
In societies that claim to value and protect free speech, censorship of any kind should be utterly unacceptable. Yet we're facing a raging debate over how far our private sector social media giants can or should go in regulating who is afforded access to their platforms.
At some level, we've privatized the censorship function. We've simultaneously outsourced the fact-checking function to the exact same people. And when I say "we," I'm fully aware that 99% of us have absolutely no voice in this discussion.
Since Facebook has such massive impact on society at large, I think it's time to bring it into the public realm. Nationalize it.
Facebook avails itself of every tax-dodge in the book and spends billions on share buy-backs. They are anything but a good corporate citizen.
Where is the political party with the courage to make Facebook a public utility?
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