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I'm more surprised this is actually moving forward. I thought the usual play is to delay things for as long as necessary until people lose interest and find a n
by ideals 6y ago
I'm more surprised this is actually moving forward. I thought the usual play is to delay things for as long as necessary until people lose interest and find a new target.
If they stalled until the election would there still be interest from lawmakers on this topic? Or is it topical for the moment because of China and Covid?
- bigpumpkin 6y agoActually banning it would create some backlash from part of the userbase in an election year, whereas more regulations would be welcomed by mostly everyone (such as requiring data/algorithms/engineers to be based in the US).
- dilap 6y agonot every1, tho! as a US citizen, I think it's actually a good thing if there are some popular social networks not under US govt control.