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by stale2002 1718 days ago
> You want the government to start mandating that a company

There is already an established history of requiring certain large communication platforms, to act a certain way.

They are called common carrier laws, and already apply to things like the telephone network.

Sure, they don't currently apply to other things, but the law could be updated, so that they do.

Philosophically, common carrier laws are uncontroversial, and already apply to major communication platforms, so you don't get to pretend like this is unprecedented.