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.. both of which are subject to different kinds of government regulation. But Facebook is definitely a medium. In some ways like a telecom or transit operator.


There's a simple path to change things here.

Start criminally charging Facebook for every criminal act they fail to remove. If they're playing the censor, then they need to be punished when they fail in that role.

The other choice, is not to censor anything, other than by the requirements of the law. Like the telephone system does.


Sure, but they're regulated differently, and the parent seemed to assume it should be regulated as a media outlet




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