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Originally Posted by woj
"facilitate" is a bit ambiguous... is using a web browser to post on gfy comments that some might find offensive "facilitating"? I would think so, without a web browser, I would be unable to do so [as easily...]...
so by that logic, there would be nothing at all wrong if browsers tried to stop me from posting offensive comments? "you are about to post comments that some might find offensive, we are sorry but firefox is a 'safe space compliant' browser, we can't let you do that!"... such a feature would be completely ok in your book?
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thing is, telecoms are utilities, so they cant censor their traffic. but internet websites are entitled to control the content on their own websites, including user submitted.
in your view we should view successful social media sites as utilities & they should be regulated by the government not to control the content of user submitted data. this would have dangerous ramifications where a private entity running any website allowing user submissions cannot censor lies, libels, etc.
with the matter of a browser, or a google search engine censoring, its a private market. there are other browsers. there are other search engines. the market can choose, or create, alternatives to censorship, & the liberal media.
ATT is a utlity but a website is not, & should not be, no matter how much market power they command. the market is free to be disrupted at anytime.
