{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Social media, is it a public utility? Are twitter and similar websites the digital version of public transport? If we treat them...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/682631418224017408/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/crustacean-on-main/682589464909004800\" target=\"_blank\">crustacean-on-main</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://minimum-wage-commando.tumblr.com/post/682586440679489536/social-media-is-it-a-public-utility-are-twitter\" target=\"_blank\">minimum-wage-commando</a>:</p><blockquote><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"535\" data-orig-width=\"750\"><img src=\"/media/d5e435767ccc0b882a5c4865fbfafde9ca7fb504_a88fe7afc155.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"535\" data-orig-width=\"750\" srcset=\"/media/3fd1fa7cb684ee9f2df2d3cf61454d66554c2ff3_18e993a47a72.jpg 75w, /media/aac5cc554dd56dd40d09e455ca0f4eccdaeef888_56475cbb3b4e.jpg 100w, /media/ace20208a63c562429fa2a27c6c5ff634f5c62b8_6810bb4555b9.jpg 250w, /media/b41d1c07b9832a1fe0cb5e8d74e69d6d788aea07_292d8d126c40.jpg 400w, /media/d898184d86a5e730d861733a7286be78d8b8f863_3492cb74cfe3.jpg 500w, /media/6b39893ade29a56c3cf39a7b058d4dc14a5a40eb_fc2f1036195e.jpg 540w, /media/d5e435767ccc0b882a5c4865fbfafde9ca7fb504_a88fe7afc155.jpg 640w, /media/534617d06a581f7978d4b7e787e35aaf65653589_425a04983d8d.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"/></figure></div><p>Social media, is it a public utility? Are twitter and similar websites the digital version of public transport? If we treat them like public utilities, then letting them be ran by private companies and individuals etc isn\u2019t a good thing. If we\u2019re to have an international digital public utility, what laws now must apply to it? I think it\u2019s crazy people consider twitter and similar to be anything other than platforms we use to look at pretty pictures and yell at minorities</p></blockquote><p>once again you are ignoring the enormous pink <strike>elephant</strike> global empire in the room</p></blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;enormous pink global empire&rdquo; is the Brits</p>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/d5e435767ccc0b882a5c4865fbfafde9ca7fb504_a88fe7afc155.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 640, "thumbnail_height": 457}