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This bill is pretty smart (agreed about the limit though, I'd even put it at 1M MAU). Could it be we're finally at a point where Congress is listening to compet
by camgunz 6y ago
This bill is pretty smart (agreed about the limit though, I'd even put it at 1M MAU). Could it be we're finally at a point where Congress is listening to competent tech lobbying instead of just megacorp media/tech companies?
- munfred 6y agoI'm every bit as surprised as you. I don't think it's a significant fraction of congress though, I think it's specifically senator Mark Warner. He did work with tech before, and my take is that he knows what he is talking about and was waiting for a good political moment to present such unpalatable proposals (unpalatable to the tech companies, that is). See his Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Warner#Early_life,_education,_and_business_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Warner#Early_life,_educat... Last year he (meaning, most likely his staff under his supervision) put out a "whitepaper" outlining 20 possible proposals to regulate social media and tech companies. Notably, 4 of the things discussed were introduced as bills in one form or another. I posted about them last year, see the discussion and links here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21389809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21389809