Government and tech platforms must each provide core services that the “apps” or other services rely on. Despite the prevailing belief that the United States economy is largely a “free market,” none of it works without fundamental infrastructure. In the 1930s, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rural Electrification Administration built dams and power distribution systems and established the idea that access to electricity was a fundamental right of every citizen. Telecommunications followed the same pattern, with a commitment to universal service enforced by the Federal Communications
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