Should we nationalize social media platforms?

Should Twitter and Facebook be regulated as public utilities? There's been a lot of talk about Twitter banning people because of their opinions, but as a private company, they have the freedom to do that. If they were regulated by the government, then they would become de jure public spaces and would be subject to the first amendment, thus no more banning people because of their opinions.

Given the influence these sites have on politics and elections, maybe it's not such a crazy idea.

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TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

No, and I think the opposite would happen. There would be even less freedom if these sites were regulated by the government. Maybe not right away, but depending upon who is in power, people's freedom would become more and more curtailed, little by little.

I know, the First Amendment is supposed to guarantee freedom of speech, but that doesn't mean that everyone who happens to be in power will honor that. Some people like to think of the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, as a "living document" and therefore open to interpretation, which pretty much means that they can twist it to mean whatever they want it to mean. Or so it seems to me.