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Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s bad. I think they are a private company with free speech, and people should just not use their products if they don’t like it.
Yes, I think if people want squares then it's time to think about funding. And is broadband now the road to this public square? If so, is there a problem that all these roads are basically toll roads owned by mega-corps?
Telephones have always been operated by for-profit institutions in the U.S. I much prefer at least one layer of indirection between my computer and the NSA. You put the government in charge of the internet and you'll get censorship.
I'm perfectly fine with the innovation coming from SpaceX and mobile operators with 5G to solve these complex problems. It works well by and large.
As for a publicly funded Twitter, meh, would you use it? Have you used government software? Rarely is it designed and run well.