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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 7 Sep 2018
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    Having listened to the Twitter/FB hearings in Congress this week, it’s clear that the push is for these companies to become proxy appendages of the government, but without any of the authentic democratic control that would imply. So, worst of both worlds.

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      2. Chase Patterson‏ @ChaseWPatterson 7 Sep 2018
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        It's even worse than that when you consider the power these social media companies have to influence public opinion. They are acting as a proxy of the governed and the governors.

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      3. AmbireSeiche‏ @AmbireSeiche 7 Sep 2018
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        This has long been what their media has been for, predating internet and the related technology. For the social media co's they've been playing a game of catch up, and largely have been losing. http://www.historyisaweapon.org/defcon1/bernprop.html …

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      1. David‏ @coredump27 7 Sep 2018
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        Exactly! The state wants FB/Twitter to do its dirty work for them, without having any inconvenient democratic oversight.

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      1. Climate Clock  🇸🇴#IStandWithIlhan 🇵🇸‏ @Tav_assoli 7 Sep 2018
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        It was actually Giovanni Gentile who wrote it.pic.twitter.com/zk8rnlj4rx

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      1. IrritatedWoman‏ @irritatedwoman 7 Sep 2018
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        They already are. This is theater.

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      1. Robi-Ann Doyle‏ @doyle1020 7 Sep 2018
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        I wonder if there has been any serious consideration of social media sites becoming regulated as public utilities...is that possible or even desirable? @jack

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      1. Todd Appel‏ @ToddAppel 7 Sep 2018
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        Corporatism is fascism

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      2. Dr. BenGo Healthwarrior  🐉BSV‏ @HealthWarrior1 7 Sep 2018
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        1 bit @tipprbot. Yes the government covets their power & seeks to use them to control us.

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      1. Tim Munn (H)‏ @amish_man 7 Sep 2018
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        Don't make Facebook/Twitter/Social Media like Amtrak. Extend Constitutional protections to them and the internet as a whole. How will you be able to interact with your congressperson if you've been deplatformed and depersoned? Your only definite form of contact via social media.

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      1. BraveDave‏ @davidmachina51 7 Sep 2018
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        Agree! I expected Congress to propose breaking up #Facebook into two competing companies. That this was not even proposed indicates the power and influence of Facebook. They, #Twitter and certainly #Alphabet (#Google) may be beyond government control at this point.

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      1. Malmo‏ @61JZ 7 Sep 2018
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        Without the help of the government these companies wouldn’t exist in the first place. Regulate them or shut them down.

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      2. Bull Run 2019  🔑₿‏ @jamocrypto 7 Sep 2018
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        Time to move to a decentralized platform. One that we pay each other for our content instead of a company that the government can go after.

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      1. WhatAreWeEvenTalkingAbout‏ @_WhatAreWeEven_ 7 Sep 2018
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        But as long as they stop Trump that's fine.

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      2. MICHELLE  🌎‏ @4AllSoulKind 7 Sep 2018
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        Your missing something Brother. They always have been. Seeded by the likes of in-q-tel. Your government retains control of all tech seeded then appropriated for government use. And after BO decriminalized propaganda...we are paying for our own censorship, via tax dollars. #MAGApic.twitter.com/ANEMj8CYsT

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      1. Truth‏ @1foreverseeking 7 Sep 2018
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        They are already proxy appendages! The government data-mines them.

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      1. soulsurvivor‏ @mannixme2 7 Sep 2018
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        All we request is complete transparency of the algorithms used and names of all decision makers who chose these algorithms

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