It's important for Congress to know whether the big social media platforms are operating as publishers or whether they are carriers, and if they're carriers, whether all accounts are on an equal footing or whether they reserve the right to play favorites. All important info for regulation.

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If Zuck wants to get up and say under oath that he nixed the No Kings account as part of his First Amendment protected speech, that's an important thing to have on the record.

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The central conceit of internet regulation is that a platform's decisions like whether to suspend an account are NOT editorial decisions.

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And what do you mean it's not a legal distinction? There are important legal distinctions between publishers, distributors, and internet service providers. For example, it affects what kind of liability they face for their content.

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Who said it has to be a legal distinction? Congress needs to know what's going on with the industry, regardless so that they can legislate effectively on our behalf.

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