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I can imagine a few ways this may be legally executed. One is to use the 1800s anti-trust laws to forcibly break up Facebook. Create the smaller entities I desc
by ianai 7y ago
I can imagine a few ways this may be legally executed. One is to use the 1800s anti-trust laws to forcibly break up Facebook. Create the smaller entities I described in the process and say “this is the standard for a social media company.” Another would be to endow or reinforce citizens private data as some form of personal property. Give them the legal means to sue and demand payment for any storage of their PI. Make the costs of offenses steep. I am definitely not a lawyer though and not as up to date as I should be for this sort of spit balling.
Edit-I think they could also tie a temporal component and per instance cost of storing someone’s “PI”. That value could then be a basis to tax the corporation- create an incentive to “forget”.
Edit2-make a persons likeness and social media posts part of this “PI.” This would give Pelosi the legal right to the doctored content.
- BaronSamedi 7y agoI agree that breaking up these companies is the best option. I can understand the calls for regulation but that is only treating the symptom and will have negative side-effects. The size and position of companies like Facebook leads to a concentration of power which is almost never desirable.