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Could you please elaborate on how the political leaning of the government could affect this situation?
by gberger 8y ago
Could you please elaborate on how the political leaning of the government could affect this situation?
- Spooky23 8y agoIn the US, the political will to clamp down on telecom and entities like Facebook just isn’t there, because they tend to benefit from it and that type of end to end regulation isn’t in alignment with their broader interests. A more left wing US administration and Congress would be able to make sweeping changes that would heavily impact Facebook. The FCC has regulatory powers that could be expanded, legislation could enact something like the former fairness doctrine, etc. The global power of the federal government is not well appreciated.
- gberger 8y agoThanks for clarifying, I was initially confused because the article is UK/EU-based where such differentiations aren't as prevalent.
- Spooky23 8y agoI think they feed each other as the US/UK wouldn’t allow for serious sanction of a major US company unless political conditions get much worse.