Facebook and Google Are Not Public Utilities

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Post by gunwd » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

Facebook and Google Are Not Public Utilities
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Post by joelbondurant » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 2:21 PM UTC

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Post by spaced-out » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 2:41 PM UTC

It's weird that there's so much talk about Google and Facebook being public utilities and no talk about ISPs, which obviously are public utilities and treat their customers like crap.

I think Big Tech needs to shake up their lobbying division.

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Post by porbelm » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 3:02 PM UTC

But the series of tubes that enable them /should/ be though

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Post by j_walter » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

spaced-out wrote: post #3

It's weird that there's so much talk about Google and Facebook being public utilities and no talk about ISPs, which obviously are public utilities and treat their customers like crap. I think Big Tech needs to shake up their lobbying division.

There is nothing that says public utilities can't treat their customers like crap...

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 3:19 PM UTC

joelbondurant wrote: post #2

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Post by fallingknife » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 3:24 PM UTC

spaced-out wrote: post #3

It's weird that there's so much talk about Google and Facebook being public utilities and no talk about ISPs, which obviously are public utilities and treat their customers like crap. I think Big Tech needs to shake up their lobbying division.

I think there would be if ISP's were actively banning customers because of the content of the data they transferred over the network, as is the case with Google / FB.

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Post by weare138 » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 3:26 PM UTC

fallingknife wrote: post #7

spaced-out wrote: post #3

It's weird that there's so much talk about Google and Facebook being public utilities and no talk about ISPs, which obviously are public utilities and treat their customers like crap. I think Big Tech needs to shake up their lobbying division.

I think there would be if ISP's were actively banning customers because of the content of the data they transferred over the network, as is the case with Google / FB.

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Post by JohnClark1337 » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 3:28 PM UTC

spaced-out wrote: post #3

It's weird that there's so much talk about Google and Facebook being public utilities and no talk about ISPs, which obviously are public utilities and treat their customers like crap. I think Big Tech needs to shake up their lobbying division.

I'm betting the politicians are all getting some fat checks from comcast and spectrum to look the other way.

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Post by j_walter » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 3:30 PM UTC

weare138 wrote: post #8

fallingknife wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think there would be if ISP's were actively banning customers because of the content of the data they transferred over the network, as is the case with Google / FB.

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Only for specific DCMA violations...no different than taking down videos for copyright violations. No one is arguing these types of "censorship" because it's theft...it's when opinions are taken down for being "wrong".