Big Tech's active moderation promise is also a potential source of eternal commercial advantage over newcomers

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There are definitely two issues to be addressed here:

  1. Monopoly power: the U.S. government has to recognise that a company can exploit consumers in a market it monopolises in ways other than price gouging. Big Tech’s lobbying will ensure this doesn’t happen.

  2. Active moderation: social media companies have to invest in a truly effective system. Their greed, laziness and (in Twitter’s case) incompetence will ensure this doesn’t happen.

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