Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point
America has a long history of shielding infrastructure and communication platforms from foreign control.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Texas’s Social-Media Law Is Dangerous. Striking It Down Could Be Worse.
Beware giving Big Tech a constitutional right to avoid regulation.
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When violations of the law are hard to punish, authorities will usually give them a pass.
Getty; The Atlantic The Government Needs to Find Big Tech a New Business Model
Facebook and Google want to keep playing three roles: essential infrastructure, publisher, and targeted-ad mogul. That’s impossible.
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This tactic does little to challenge monopoly power.
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