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by jayd16 1989 days ago
As was said, this is just a slippery slope argument. Which is especially odd considering the platforms already have all the power they need. There is no more power to give.
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Yep. The comment presumes that there is a need to delegate power to a single arbiter (there isn't).
> There is no more power to give

Ability to censor top level politicians, deciding what constitutes acceptable and what needs to be censored is not the kind of power they used to have.

Edit: bit clarification

This isn't true. Private entities have never been required to distribute messages from US officials or politicians. I believe the only exceptions are certain emergency broadcasts.
I wasn't talking strictly about legal ability.
I'm not sure what you mean then. What power or abilities have changed?
They just did it so I think it certainly was.