Column: The drive to regulate social media is about partisan politics — and it won't work
Column: The drive to regulate social media is about partisan politics — and it won't work Michael Hiltzik © Provided by The LA Times Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in July via video conference before a House Judiciary subcommittee examining the antitrust implications of Facebook's growth. (Graeme Jennings / Associated Press) Based on the chatter in the corridors of political power and from elite intellectuals these days, one can't help concluding that Twitter, Facebook and their social media cousins rank as the civilized world's leading threats to democracy. The ...