Submission + - Regulate Facebook Like AIM (vice.com)
gooddogsgotoheaven writes: Sixteen years ago, the FCC approved a merger between American Online and Time Warner, but with several conditions. As part of the deal, AOL was required to make its web portal compatible with other chat apps. The government stopped AOL from building a closed system where everyone had to use AIM, meaning it had to adopt interoperability—the ability to be compatible with other computer systems. Here's why we should consider regulating Facebook similarly.