[TameAntelope]

I don't see a way out of this that doesn't include government-funded technology services.

If Twitter is a free speech platform to be used by the people, there is no way to exercise that consistently without violating Twitter's rights.

I know the US built a public postal service because we saw mail delivery as a requirement for a functioning country. Is the infrastructure necessary to run an Internet now falling into the same category?

And not just the cables, but the routing technology, hosting technology, etc. More like AWS than Comcast. Where is the line, other than for protected classes?

[bcheung]

I would much rather see something more decentralized. It seems like politics is increasingly looking like whichever party is in power uses their power to get more power.

There is definitely an argument to be made that the Internet is so much ingrained in society that denying people Internet access is like denying people access to grocery stores and electricity.