Human individuals would still have a right to speak whatever they feel.
And arguably, I'd extend that onto platforms above a certain size that can verify human identity (ideally anonymized after verification).
IMHO, newspapers/printmakers/movies do need to be regulated.
They deserve rights, but those rights should look very different than individual 1st amendment right.
Which seems reasonable -- nobody would ever confuse Alphabet-the-company with me-the-individual-person in terms of capability and capital.
I guess that's where we disagree.
To me, democracy starts from elections with equality of opportunity.
Anything shy of that corrupts the very foundations, and we've been trending shyer for a long time.
Is it any surprise we get increasingly concentrated wealth (world wars aside) with a set of policies that allow spending unlimited money to buy votes?
Human individuals would still have a right to speak whatever they feel.
And arguably, I'd extend that onto platforms above a certain size that can verify human identity (ideally anonymized after verification).
IMHO, newspapers/printmakers/movies do need to be regulated.
They deserve rights, but those rights should look very different than individual 1st amendment right.
Which seems reasonable -- nobody would ever confuse Alphabet-the-company with me-the-individual-person in terms of capability and capital.