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In reply to the discussion: Tim Cook May Have Just Ended Facebook [View all]
summer_in_TX
(2,710 posts)28. I'd like to require ALL of them to have public interest
requirements. Social media required to protect user privacy, require permission for using user information to advertise, show users news articles contradicting the conspiracies and compensating users or paying a tax for using their personal info.
Cable news outlets treated as over-the-air broadcasters with public interest obligations.
Required to air content from other points of view, presented fairly and equitable.
Media conglomerates forced to divest their monopolies. Talk radio forced to sell stations so they are answerable to local owners accountable to their communities.
A tall order I know.
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He's making people think of the consequences though. And putting Zuckerberg on notice...
brush
Jan 2021
#4
In that case, Biden needs to do something about fox propaganda and oann, and the like.
BComplex
Jan 2021
#43
Pretty sure thar our pres cannot do anything but tell me if I am wrong and how that might
efhmc
Jan 2021
#61
I don't mind someone advertising to me or knowing my demographic based on my interests
Auggie
Jan 2021
#58
Gosh, how have I missed out on being used, stalked, and entrenched?
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jan 2021
#60
What he's saying, basically, is public airwaves should serve the public good
bucolic_frolic
Jan 2021
#10
I like the way you put this. Makes me think we should brand social media outlets as users
c-rational
Jan 2021
#14
If memory serves correct, Michael Powell, son of Collin had a seat on the FCC in early bush years,
c-rational
Jan 2021
#44
Let's illustrate with an example, where a group decides that traffic lights
bucolic_frolic
Jan 2021
#39
