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Yeah, I feel this pain. This is kinda where we are on a lot of these issues, right? Like Net Neutrality? Ok, just make a law that all bits must be treated the

Yeah, I feel this pain. This is kinda where we are on a lot of these issues, right? Like Net Neutrality? Ok, just make a law that all bits must be treated the same by pipe providers. Boom, you're done. But no, instead what's suggested is that the FTC start managing this stuff under Title 2. Right after that, you can bet we'll start hearing calls for a return of the Fairness Doctrine. Want users to own their data? Great. Write a law that says that users have total control over their data, where it lives and where it goes. Furthermore they can delete or access it at any time. Also boom. It's a simple concept. But no, we're going to split the baby yet again and talk about exporting data. Next up an argument on CBP. We seem incapable of actually fixing tech matters, instead trying to chop off some small part where we can do stuff that sounds good but has possibly severe unanticipated side-effects down the road. I don't know why that is, but I know that it makes trying to figure out which laws or policies to support quite difficult. Maybe that was the intention all along? Note: all laws have side effects, but optimally you should set things up that the side effects are shouldered by the people involved in the activity, not the voters. You're not fixing a problem if all you're doing is setting up the next argument we're going to have. That sounds more like a recipe for endless conflict.

ghaff 7y ago
Or people don't really agree on what "fixing" means. To some of what you talk about, there is by no means universal agreement on whether you ought to be able to purge your content from the Internet.
- DanielBMarkham 7y ago
  I understand that and it's a fair point. But the law should be on the principle of the matter, I own my data, with the compromise buried in the details. (Perhaps I own the data in the same way an artist owns a copy of their music). Instead, the principles are compromised, and in a way that's not visible to the public, with the only thing left being a bunch of policy details. That might be a great way to get a law passed, but it doesn't do much in the long run towards fixing the underlying problem.

ghaff 7y ago

Or people don't really agree on what "fixing" means. To some of what you talk about, there is by no means universal agreement on whether you ought to be able to purge your content from the Internet.

DanielBMarkham 7y ago
I understand that and it's a fair point. But the law should be on the principle of the matter, I own my data, with the compromise buried in the details. (Perhaps I own the data in the same way an artist owns a copy of their music). Instead, the principles are compromised, and in a way that's not visible to the public, with the only thing left being a bunch of policy details. That might be a great way to get a law passed, but it doesn't do much in the long run towards fixing the underlying problem.