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There's an attitude in the United States that any and all legal restrictions are "bad for business" and should be rejected out of hand. I think this article off
by GavinMcG 7y ago
There's an attitude in the United States that any and all legal restrictions are "bad for business" and should be rejected out of hand. I think this article offers a counterpoint: even with the restrictions the article describes, these social media companies still find it worthwhile to be in the market and to invest staff and tools to work within the law. One of government's core jobs is to regulate the boundaries within which the market competes, and this is a great example of that.
- nine_k 7y agoAny restriction, well, restricts the space of available business moves. OTOH not every restriction is going to ruin a business, or even affect its bottom line materially. Certain businesses can even ask for a restriction if the restriction limits them much less than it limits their competition.
- bobthepanda 7y agoIs that a sufficient criteria to say that regulation is bad? As a society we decide on minimum standards that businesses must follow; for example, if a domestic American company needs child labor to survive we‘ve already decided it‘s a company and jobs not worth having.