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Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems to me once Democrats realize that they are literally trying to legally require Facebook rebuild the API that resulted
by gfodor 6y ago
Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems to me once Democrats realize that they are literally trying to legally require Facebook rebuild the API that resulted in the Cambridge Analytica scandal they have railed against for years this bill will get dropped for dumb political reasons.
Opening up these services like this seems to be one of several prerequisites to preventing great harms, but doing so would be in conflict with a number of expedient political issues the parties have dug in on around platform censorship, data privacy, etc.
- polyomino 6y agoNonsense bills like this are what will keep social media giants honest. The market won't on its own because the network effects are (largely) insurmountable. However, Facebook has to regain the goodwill of the public and fast, or they'll be legislated out of existence through bills like these.
- gfodor 6y agoin case I wasn't clear, I would be thrilled if this bill passed. my point was that short-sighted political tribalism has led politicians to back themselves into corners now that will prevent it, unless the press and public are just too stupid to recognize the contradictions before it does pass.