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> It is not acceptable to have companies this large, and this influential, 100% unaccountable to democracy.

Perhaps I'm not understanding you, but as written, this is not true.

First, Congress can pass laws. Second, outside of legislation, there are democratic-capitalistic feedback mechanisms as well: people can 'vote with their feet'; decide what services to use, recommend, and criticize.

So I think you meant something else?

To be clear, I'm not defending these companies, and I do support intelligent (as opposed to reactionary), targeted (as opposed to blunt), principled (as opposed to arbitrary), and simple (as opposed to byzantine, inscrutable) regulations.