Are there any benefits to this regulation I'm overlooking?
> Yep lots,
A democratically elected government of a state is at least answerable to its constituents who can boot them out if the government doesn't do the right thing. These monopolistic social 'platforms' are not answerable to anyone but the whims of their management and advertisers.
They purposely allow lies and misinformation to propogate as it boosts engagement and are a cesspool of disharmony and conflict.
Just as well that they'll be now held responsible for the results of their actions.
Love it, high time many of them are broken down for having far too much power.
> A democratically elected government of a state is at least answerable to its constituents who can boot them out if the government doesn't do the right thing.
How can constituents come to any informed opinion if a government appointed executive is summarily striking any public discussion on controversial topics? Seems completely antithetical to any semblance of a functional democracy.
Twitter is not the only place for discussion. And people do not vote exclusively based on public discussion. Indians have tight knit communities and how the community votes is a much major influence on the elections than what is being discussed on twitter/facebook or even national TV.
Case in point, Indians might elect BJP for the central government but consistently have been booting them out at the state level for the past 3-4 years. BJP has actually lost power in multiple states since 2014.
Indian politics is way more nuanced than any discussion on an internet forum would ever allow for.
> Yep lots, A democratically elected government of a state is at least answerable to its constituents who can boot them out if the government doesn't do the right thing. These monopolistic social 'platforms' are not answerable to anyone but the whims of their management and advertisers.
They purposely allow lies and misinformation to propogate as it boosts engagement and are a cesspool of disharmony and conflict.
Just as well that they'll be now held responsible for the results of their actions.
Love it, high time many of them are broken down for having far too much power.