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Not accusing you of this, strictly speaking, but I see this as just more of the "if you regulate, they'll just do X, so don't bother" defeatism that is used all
by jonnycomputer 7y ago
Not accusing you of this, strictly speaking, but I see this as just more of the "if you regulate, they'll just do X, so don't bother" defeatism that is used all the time to argue against regulation, taxation, or any sort of policing of the rich and powerful. We have numerous examples of regulations actually working as designed. Notable failures (e.g. the IRS, the financial industry in the 2000s) are due in large part to persistent under-funding by Congress, rather than any inherent impossibility.
- eyegor 7y agoYes, it always comes down to funding. But the major anti regulation party has also been staunchly anti tech regulation for a long time (link below), and even when the major tech companies tried to throw their weight around they lost (see Google et al vs fcc during the repeal of net neutrality). This can also be seen with the recent public appearances of govt harassment/scapegoating of facebook, which looks like "hey, we'd like you to change your rules" while simultaneously not regulating them. I think the first step needs to be a bit of a cultural shift towards regulation again before it will be effective (see epa push after the Ohio River caught fire). I don't mean to say "don't regulate, it's pointless", I mean to say "set it up from the top down, don't try to piggyback data regulation onto a framework that wasn't designed for it". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessm...