'Google is an effective monopoly & by withholding access to timely, accurate & important information they show clearly how they impact what access Australians have to that'

Today it's no exaggeration to say tech monopolies control access to information & free speech.
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'While it’s tempting to say Twitter & Facebook are private businesses & can do what they like, we need to recognise their near monopoly status as places where political issues are discussed also gives them responsibilities to freedom of expression'
- @thomasbeagle
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Free Speech doesn't mean Randian Great Men should decide who gets to see or say what because they own tech monopolies. And it doesn't mean advertising racist grifters' speeches on the news while banning Palestinian activists. Society has to be central to rights.
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#nzpol
That so many people have strong moral objections to Twitter banning some people & not others is a clue we expect some equality & transparency from private tech monopolies. A libertarian, xkcd-comic, 'consequences' notion of rights isn't enough for meaningful free speech.
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