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Not OP but I'm also very skeptical something like GDPR would pass in the US. While people may be concerned about social media, polls show the majority of people

by taysic 8y ago

Not OP but I'm also very skeptical something like GDPR would pass in the US. While people may be concerned about social media, polls show the majority of people are not in support of adding more regulation on the industry: https://springboardccia.com/2018/04/17/icymi-wsj-nbc-poll-finds-americans-oppose-regulation-tech-services/ https://springboardccia.com/2018/04/17/icymi-wsj-nbc-poll-fi... WSJ/NBC Poll respondents say social media platforms are… regulated too much: 14% have the right amount of regulation: 37% not regulated enough: 37% It's for a good reason too - consumers have noticed they have more choices and freedom than in industries that are highly regulated by the gov. Laws like GDPR would make large swaths of business models useless - such as free games or apps the rely on targeted advertising. Since under GDPR, you cannot ask someone to either allow ads to be personalized or pay for the app (it has to be without detriment), tons of tools people otherwise enjoy would suddenly become paid only or disappear. Not to mention the effect it would have on the startup economy - it would be a big deal. Can't see it happen here.

bogomipz 8y ago
And if you actually read the WSJ article it states: >"Some 37% of people in the new survey said social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are not regulated enough, while the same share said the sites have the right amount of government regulation, and 14% said there was too much regulation." So its actually pretty evenly split between the "not regulated enough" and "have the right amount of regulation." I think its fair to say that the 14% that said "there was too much regulation" of social media when in fact there is virtually none are simply doctrinaire anti-regulation Republicans who don't support regulation of any kind anywhere. So the fact that they were specifically being asked specifically about social media is basically irrelevant.

by taysic 8y ago

bogomipz 8y ago

And if you actually read the WSJ article it states: >"Some 37% of people in the new survey said social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are not regulated enough, while the same share said the sites have the right amount of government regulation, and 14% said there was too much regulation." So its actually pretty evenly split between the "not regulated enough" and "have the right amount of regulation." I think its fair to say that the 14% that said "there was too much regulation" of social media when in fact there is virtually none are simply doctrinaire anti-regulation Republicans who don't support regulation of any kind anywhere. So the fact that they were specifically being asked specifically about social media is basically irrelevant.