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Comment by Jtsummers

It's worth noting that the Fairness Doctrine was applied to things like radio where you had to have a license, and which were more limited. It was not (at least after a couple court decisions) applied to other media like newspapers, which could operate without a license.

Google, Facebook, and others do not require a license to operate. Anyone can establish their own website to counter points made on those platforms. The Fairness Doctrine would seem (even if it still existed) to be non-applicable to the various web platforms.

A more updated version of it might be more expansive, but would probably run into issues with compelled speech. Since the internet is pretty wide open, again anyone can make a website if they want, it's hard to justify compelling a platform to host content.

parent Jtsummers 5 years ago

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