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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 7 Aug 2018
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    I'm very open to proposals for re-conceptualizing social media companies as public utilities, and re-distributing their ill-gotten wealth. If they're going to be a "public square," it stands to reason that they should be subject to genuine public accountability

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      2. Michael Hussey CC‏ @husseymichael 7 Aug 2018
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        Stand down, Hugo Chavez.

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      3. Sameera Khan‏Verified account @SameeraKhan 7 Aug 2018
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        Was this supposed to be an insult?

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      1. Charles Spencer‏ @loveslap 7 Aug 2018
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        Protocols>platforms. Whovever got banned from email?

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      1. Bart Anderson‏ @bart_e_anderson 7 Aug 2018
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        I think this is the right answer. The legal structure needs to catch up to technology.

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      1. notsure‏ @sarawill 7 Aug 2018
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        You just keep saying what I believe to be true! I can't stop liking your tweets.

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      1. Citizen J‏ @miceworkz 7 Aug 2018
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        The US and the EU engaged in antitrust actions against Microsoft over browsers. This is a hundred times more important

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      1. Sean Wince  🌻‏ @SeanWince 7 Aug 2018
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        The same goes for Comcast and Time Warner. The internet itself is a public square. #NetNeutrality

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      1. BlackCatzMatter  ⏳‏ @KissThePaw 7 Aug 2018
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        Why make these platforms public utilities? Then you’re just opening the door to government censorship. Rather, why not simply acknowledge that the internet is now the people’s commons (as it has been for 25 years) and online speech is due the same protections as street speech?

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      2. Rob Zidar‏ @robzidar 7 Aug 2018
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        What makes you think the government could manage that?

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      1. Dave Ravicher‏ @Whtapl 7 Aug 2018
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        This should've happened a long time ago, along with ISPs and phone co's

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      1. Jake Sperling‏ @Jake_Sperling 7 Aug 2018
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        It rules to take a non-issue (private company showing toxic hucksters the door) and "fix" it by adding the government, thereby actually making it now a 1st amendment issue! Bang up jorb.

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      1. KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot?‏ @DoItForMaMa 7 Aug 2018
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        KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot? Retweeted Zelda Zonk

        https://twitter.com/zeldazonked/status/1026894310921273344 … Atlantic Council/CIA decides our Spectrum...

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      1. chris goble‏ @cgoble72 7 Aug 2018
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        Main issue seems to be whether you can make the underlying social data cross platform compatible. Then users can sub-aggregate by platform or see unfiltered meta-space.

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      2.  👋 Monogamous Serotonin Free Postmodernist Lobster‏ @davidBlandry 7 Aug 2018
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        Exactly, there are existing technologies out there, the problems being, user friendliness, critical mass, and corporations fighting against their use as they area not readily monetized.

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      2. James Waddell‏ @jlwaddell68 7 Aug 2018
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        Sounds like a formula for seizing private assets. How is their wealth "ill-gotten"? What if someone decrees your wealth ill-gotten?

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      1. Oops! The Planet! ⓥ‏ @TippingElements 7 Aug 2018
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        I agree!!!!!! :D

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      1. Cocaine Mitch‏ @RashaanB310 7 Aug 2018
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        “But.. but.. that’s big guberment”

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