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The question is how to solve this problem. I don't think governmental regulations will do it, through they may help. That's because data collection and sharing
by woodandsteel 9y ago
The question is how to solve this problem. I don't think governmental regulations will do it, through they may help. That's because data collection and sharing is Facebook's whole business model, and ditto thousands of other companies, large and small. So they will all just figure out ways of skirting around the law and continuing what they have been doing.
The only solution that could work is a new financial model that combines decentralization with some way of paying content producers and other expenses. Fortunately there is a lot of tech for that in development, though I don't know if anything is fully ready yet.
- craftyguy 9y agoHow about something like HIPPA (in the US)? There are strict penalties for violations, but it hasn't prevented small companies from thriving, provided they comply with the act..
- dfee 9y agoWhy do you think the small guys comply? The calculation that I’ve heard made is that by being a tiny fish you won’t be pursued. Even better question, why do you think the big companies comply? I’ve seen some egregious compliance snafus at that level, too.
- woodandsteel 9y agoCompanies comply because they are in the health care business, that is how they make money, and HIPPA doesn't stop them from doing that. But Facebook is in the data collection business. If it complied with a strong data privacy law, it would go out of business, so it wouldn't.
- manjushri 9y agoBefore we start talking about solutions we should defind the problem. How would you define the problem at a high level?
- woodandsteel 9y agoThe article explains the problem very clearly.
- mistermann 9y ago> The question is how to solve this problem. 1) Pass a law forbidding it, with severe penalties. 2) Actually enforce that law.