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by bamboozled 1788 days ago
They're not just a carrier, they're created their own version of the Internet which they now have to police.

The Internet was fine without Facebook, it was largely self-governing and people could choose to browse others self-hosted content. Their decision to create the platform and use algorithms to direct peoples attention was totally self made, clearly problematic and now they have to workout how to cope with the fallout.