Facebook, Twitter and Google Put Our Ugliness On The Market

Facebook, Twitter and Google Put Our Ugliness On The Market

Underlying all this confusion was a simple question to which no one — neither members of Congress nor the technology representatives — seemed to have an answer: What exactly are these companies? They are not newspapers but have made themselves into the place where millions of citizens go every day to read news and discuss politics. They are not governments but enjoy enormous authority, reaching across borders and negotiating with governments. They are extraordinarily powerful but have so far evaded significant regulation — although that may change. They are not controlled by the constitutional limitations that bind U.S. government and yet have established themselves as the inadvertent custodians of the country’s democracy.

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