Facebook keeps asking for regulation that would crush its competition

Published October 13, 2021 12:00am ET



Nick Clegg, the British politico turned Facebook spokesman, went on CNN over the weekend to ask for stricter regulation of online platforms.
This isn’t new, and the reactions to it are typical. “Even Facebook” wants more government regulation of internet platforms, the pro-regulation forces noted.

More important than its ability to fool is Facebook’s ability to fool lawmakers into thinking, Well, if the regulated body wants regulation, it must be good! Not so.

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