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Regulating social media opaquely is not how a mature democracy functions

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That there should be regulation of social media is not an out-there idea. After all, it can’t be an untamed beast. But to regulate it opaquely, take down accounts without making information public and nudging tech giants against due process on transparency is not how a liberal, mature democracy functions.

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