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It seems rather hard to find a legal way to outlaw the business model. I wonder whether there's a way to make spying so unprofitable that the business model si
by starbugs 7y ago
It seems rather hard to find a legal way to outlaw the business model.
I wonder whether there's a way to make spying so unprofitable that the business model simply isn't attractive anymore?
Legislation that would force businesses to pay for collecting user data (maybe a tax on user data) might be a start, but I don't see how something like that could be implemented successfully.
- smuemd 7y agoFB is planetary scale psychoactive technology. Just make it a public health issue.
- closeparen 7y agoDemocracies are accountable only to issues that affect turnout in swing districts. Businesses are accountable to everything that might send transactions to competitors. It’s quite difficult to stop using Facebook, but it’s effectively impossible to get an electoral outcome changed over a niche technical issue, or even a general one like the trains not working.
- paulryanrogers 7y agoAgreed. Let's make gerrymandering illegal.