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I mean, I get the concern, there's definitely ways this could go wrong, just like there are ways that many things can go wrong under the law in this country. Bu

I mean, I get the concern, there's definitely ways this could go wrong, just like there are ways that many things can go wrong under the law in this country. But as long as there is rule of law (and that's questionable in some places but singapore is relatively good) then any such uses are subject to real judicial review. That said, remember when two company stole people's identities and sent fake comments to the FCC, and now we don't have net neutrality? https://boingboing.net/2019/02/22/notice-and-comment-and-lie.html https://boingboing.net/2019/02/22/notice-and-comment-and-lie... I wouldn't mind AT ALL if those companies got hit with a ~730k dollar file per each one of those fake posts (It's a million singapore dollars).

raxxorrax 7y ago
> this could go wrong Then scrap the idea, because that "could" changes to "will" on a large enough time frame. This just clearly gives traditionally influential people a disproportional amount of power over information. All the more ironic considering the usual groups advocating against "fake news". The companies that you gleefully and probably rightfully try to penalize have large legal departments that can get really bored and will hit you twice as hard. At this point it is just like asking for it.
qeternity 7y ago
Singapore is an amazing country. But its rule of law is very authoritarian. It’s more monarchy than democracy.