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Originally Posted by Jibartik
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Its so rad how the patriots are like "in order to save freedom, we have to take it from the market."
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Ma Bell and Edison were eventually required to provide service to everyone whether they liked their customers' politics or not. The local newspaper was NOT required to print editorials it disliked. There's a difference between carriers and publishers. Twitter blocking users for political reasons is distasteful but probably similar to newspapers. I definitely care a whole lot more when an ISP or a web hosting service drops someone it dislikes. Those types of services really ought to be regulated as utilities (ISPs are, to a degree). This is, I think, a case where legislation hasn't caught up with technology. Living history is never as easy as reading it, and it took decades for lawmakers to catch up with the traditional utilities as well.
Danth