The argument against state intervention or control of platforms like Twitter or FB encounter a problem: these are basically non-state actors that perform functions similar to a hostile state. The Russians tried to meddle in our elections? What do Twitter and FB do everyday?
However, there's a valid objection that being out of power, state control of social media would be weaponized against us. But the argument from "the state can't get involved in the affairs of corporations!" falls apart because these corporations function like little CIAs
Tucker Carlson once asked Charlie Kirk, who knows more about your personal life, Google or the CIA? The answer is obvious
Treating Twitter, Facebook, etc like "private corporations," given how much power they hold over political discourse, is simply insane.
When Facebook employees openly state that they don't like certain news stories or publications and act on that bias, you have a state censorship by the name of "private corporation"
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