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i agree big tech needs to be held accountable more, but we also need to be careful. a lot of the freedom tech was given was to enable start ups. big tech has
by autokad 9y ago
i agree big tech needs to be held accountable more, but we also need to be careful. a lot of the freedom tech was given was to enable start ups.
big tech has basically monopolized the market, but if we enact laws of responsibility, they could be ones that make it even harder to disrupt the monopolies already in power
- IBM 9y agoThe solution to that is to aggressively enforce antitrust laws already in the books, not to oppose "laws of responsibility" because it might have disproportionate impact on small companies. Note that Germany's "Facebook law" doesn't apply to social media platforms with less than 2 million users, which shows they took steps to protect small businesses from the compliance burden.
- icantdrive55 9y ago"Note that Germany's "Facebook law" doesn't apply to social media platforms with less than 2 million users," This is the magic. Everytime I hear, "be careful with regulations" warning; I think let's just apply it to the big boys. I just had to repeat this. They big money will use scare tactics, and nothing will change. We can at least do a trial run, and recend it if it doesn't work out, or is too restrictive. And they will use the old, once you enact it--well good luck getting rid of it. I've noticed they just aren't enforcing anti-trust laws. I wish they were.