> We don't need new regulations. We need the web to be taken out of the hands of gov. and big corps. Anything socially powerful is going to get governments and

> We don't need new regulations. We need the web to be taken out of the hands of gov. and big corps. Anything socially powerful is going to get governments and large corporations all over it, under our current system. You can build a second ‘net/web, but if it got as big as the current one the same thing would happen. I’m not exactly a big fan of regulating the Internet either, but I’m fine with regulating the governments and corporations with their claws in it. Getting regulations right will require significant democratic effort from technogists (beyond just voting), but increasingly it seems like the only way to do it. The good news is that the mainstream view is gradually coming around to ours (data collection/advertising can present real challenges for freedom, user control over software and devices, ownership and incentives, users should expect E2EE messaging, etc.). Now is probably the best time in recent history for useful democratic regulation of the Internet (or rather, what you can do to people with it).