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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4645772" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>I think they should be treated as Regulated Public Utilities myself.</p><p>They have morphed into essential public service providers.</p><p></p><p><strong>Social media as a public utility</strong> is a theory postulating that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_sites" target="_blank">social networking sites</a> (such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" target="_blank">Google</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr" target="_blank">Tumblr</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapchat" target="_blank">Snapchat</a> etc.) are essential public services that should be regulated by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government" target="_blank">government</a>, in a manner similar to how electric and phone utilities are typically government regulated. It is based on the notion that social media platforms have monopoly power and broad social influence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4645772, member: 18222"] I think they should be treated as Regulated Public Utilities myself. They have morphed into essential public service providers. [B]Social media as a public utility[/B] is a theory postulating that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_sites']social networking sites[/URL] (such as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook']Facebook[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter']Twitter[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube']YouTube[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google']Google[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram']Instagram[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr']Tumblr[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapchat']Snapchat[/URL] etc.) are essential public services that should be regulated by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government']government[/URL], in a manner similar to how electric and phone utilities are typically government regulated. It is based on the notion that social media platforms have monopoly power and broad social influence. [/QUOTE]
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