Posted on 07/28/2017 1:44:50 PM PDT by be-baw
White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon reportedly is calling for regulation on tech giants such as Google and Facebook.
The Intercept reports that former Breitbart News Executive Chairman and current White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has called for tech companies such as Google and Facebook to be regulated in a similar way to public utilities as the influence and reach of these companies grows. The Intercept cited three anonymous sources that have reportedly discussed the issue of internet regulation and tech companies with Bannon.
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Well something needs to be done. When almost 90% of the information searches are controlled by a leftist organization that is a problem. Google it” had become part of the culture.
Better late than never.
Both the Google and Facebook founders built their companies from nothing and because great American success stories.
Leave them alone.
No regulation is needed.
Both the Google and Facebook founders built their companies from nothing and because great American success stories.
Leave them alone.
No regulation is needed.
Jonathan Taplin agrees, he’s a commie who wants you to pay more to buy things online.
Google and Facebook are nothing like utilities.
At the very least they need to be prohibited from discriminating against content.
First Amendment protections need to be applied to the entire communication systems. We should not tolerate Liberals freezing us out of the communication systems.
Oh goodie, more government regulation of what people and companies do.
Totally against this - let the companies be.
But... just to twist the knife, per se...
Maybe they SHOULD be regulated as utilities and be subject to the same network neutrality laws they want... like no blocking of content.
They are corporate monopolies of an incredible valuable commodity; Access to the American public.
They cannot be allowed to discriminate based on content.
First amendment rules must be applied to their information "carrying" system as well.
Some is necessary. Too much is bad. Not enough is worse.
If the Government hadn't cracked down on Standard Oil, there would be no other company in the United States. The Whole nation would have become a subsidiary of Standard Oil.
The major powers in the information industry already block out most conservative access to the public. The internet has opened up new means of us communicating with the public, but these new means aren't nearly as powerful as what the Liberals control and have the ability to censor.
Utilities are regulated because they can operate as a monopoly in a geographic are and you cannot get a permit to build or live in a house without having water and electricity service.
A person can live just fine without Google or Facebook.
And as far as I know, I am not required to use Facebook or Google.
Amen...Mr. Bannon.
There should be a plain English, one-click, option to delete personal data from the database at Google and Facebook.
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FaceBookExit
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One-Click for Internet Freedom !!
The power Google and Facebook has over the world is blasted unreal. Not sure if govt. is the answer though. Maybe some transparency?
and Bezos Amazon.
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