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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
How would regulating social media platforms prevent them from banning people who break their terms of service by inciting hate and violence?
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In the words of Merkel, restrictions should be “according to the law and within the framework defined by legislators – not according to a decision by the management of social media platforms”.
The government can establish consistent and transparent policies that meet the public need. Private tech companies can do whatever they like, according to their own private interests (which may or may not align with public interest). That's fine when you're deciding who gets to order a big mac. It's a different thing altogether when we're talking about the platforms with which we carry out much of our public discourse and political campaigning.