I see Pedes asking for regulations, ok, so in your mind what do expect exactly? A regulatory committee that makes sure that all platforms act like platforms and allow for free speech, also allow for the rule of law? Are we still that gullible? Who is going to be in charge of those committees? They will not be elected officials, are we sure it will not be an small army of AOC's?

Once you allow the government to regulate, it is the first stepping stone for them to grab control, or at this stage to increase it, no, this does not mean that they are answerable to the people/market, it means they are now answerable to the government and government alone. Did you know that they are alternatives to Twitter and was there long ago? Did you know that many of such alternatives were not allowed to monetize in USA by US government agencies.

I do not understand why people think that it is much easier to go through Government than it is through free market. Imagine if the Senators came out YEARS ago and said "no, its free market and though we disagree with their practices, they are a private company," instead of hearings full hopium? How long ago would all of us had moved away from Facebook and Twitter by now?

On regulatory capture. The way big corporations garner more power is by lobbying for more regulations in many cases. In some cases, corporations calculate that they either can write in exceptions for themselves, or they have enough money that they can withstand new increased costs. What it does however is it completely kills off smaller competitors that might have had a chance to overtake, or to be enough of a competition.

Less government is always the answer not more, because people in government only have their power in mind and not people's freedom, this is why we had such heinous attacks on POTUS, he had people in mind.