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Jackthelad ,

Lol. What a ludicrous idea.

How high do you want your taxes to be, for a start?

BelatedPeacock ,

The only thing worse than a monopoly is a government owned monopoly

arran4 ,

Back before the media decided it wasn’t a competitor but rather a potential profit source. I do think the government does need to have it’s own alternatives (obviously not identical more on this one day) for other reasons, such as for it’s own media releases, but more internationally coordinated appropriate & considered legislation is probably better.

bionicjoey ,

How about just making them actually pay an amount of taxes commensurate with the burdens they apply on society?

gedaliyah ,
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Seems like it would be better to have government buy-in to federated platforms. There are some governments that have moved their official announcements to Mastodon, which is a good start.

What the Fediverse really needs to ensure longevity is government and journalist support.

Isa ,
@Isa@feddit.org avatar

Nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon? If somebody posted that on Google, Facebook and Amazon, I’d say, “well, they seem to not know better”. But posting that in the noncommercial Fediverse? Why?

Cephalotrocity ,

Nationalizing Facebook is a terrible idea. 1a would turn it into an almost unmoderatable hellhole Twitter would pale in comparison to.

gedaliyah ,
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Ever seen the discussion on a government Facebook page where they’re not legally allowed to block trolls?

gedaliyah ,
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

Ever seen the discussion on a government Facebook page where they’re not legally allowed to block trolls?

MediaSensationalism ,
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The government doesn’t need a warrant to browse data that it’s already in possession of. Food for thought.

cheese_greater ,

Sounds like it really shouldn’t have possession of that, although my sympathy is limited for fools who post their crimes on the Facebook

Vanth ,
@Vanth@reddthat.com avatar

Not Ello!

Jk, I was the only person I knew with an Ello account. I know more people on lemmy and mastodon and fediverse stuff than I did on Ello. It didn’t take much to predict it wouldn’t work out.

tal ,
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Note:

This article is more than 6 years old

crank0271 ,

Okay, which nation gets them?

Peffse ,

Can we go with Egypt? I feel like they should get some more time in the history books.

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