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The plus side may be that social media is split up country by country and communicates via federation. Then ad revenue from zero sum competitive spending can r
by cma 6y ago
The plus side may be that social media is split up country by country and communicates via federation. Then ad revenue from zero sum competitive spending can remain in country instead of 15% of small business income and taxi dispatch fees flowing out of the countries to a couple winner take all, first mover advantage, megacorps located in America.
- ben_w 6y agoWhile that sounds desirable in itself, I don’t think it would actually solve the issue the judge is concerned about.
- emn13 6y agoIt would render american social media largely irrelevant in brazil, and vice versa: some call it the balkanization of the internet. On the one hand, that's a terrible shame - on the other, the extreme lack of accountability and monopolistic power of the internet giants may mean that's the most pragmatic route for some accountability. I'm not sure what to make of all this, but I definitely don't think it's anything simple or clearcut.