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I did say some standards...

I'm no fan of the Daily Mail - but they've got massively higher standards than Google or Facebook. I'm sure that's because they're forced to have, because they do have to comply with the laws of the land and take responsibility for what they publish. And of course, just like Google and Facebook, they've twisted and cheated and lied in order to avoid as much press regulation as they can get away with.

But Google and Facebook have so far managed the feat of avoiding all regulation, by pretending not to be publishers. Something politicians let them get away with for far too long - long past when giving some judicious freedoms helped to grow the internet. And now they can collect their well-deserved kicking.