[etchalon]

Access fairness has absolutely nothing to do with protection, and even within those laws, and the FCC only governs purchased spectrum. It does not, for instance, cover cable operators and its ability to regulate the internet is severely limited.

[protomyth]

Cable operators are governed by equal opportunity rules for political candidates. Politicians extending this to social media will probably be the next step.

[etchalon]

I can find no law, or regulation, which specifies that cable operators are governed by those types of rules. Broadcast media (radio and television) are. As far as I know, Cable operators who run political ads do so because of the money they generate.

[protomyth]

https://www.dwt.com/insights/2006/08/political-programming-o... is a summary from as early as 2006.