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What would breaking up Facebook.com look like in a way that successfully prevents what you're describing? It's not an oil conglomerate. It's a social network.
by missedthecue 6y ago
What would breaking up Facebook.com look like in a way that successfully prevents what you're describing?
It's not an oil conglomerate. It's a social network. That's irreducible by definition. Most people seem to throw out suggestions like forcing them to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp. That clearly wouldn't fix what youre saying is the issue. IG and WhatsApp would still be run by the same people, still owned in part by Zuckerberg, and still have the same incentives and goals. Essentially the only difference is that the employer name on the W-2s would change.
- throwaway316943 6y agoA death knell legislation would be better. Like making social networks entirely responsible for the content posted by their users so that it’s impossible to grow beyond a certain scale and still be functional. Or maybe enforcing interoperability so that users can take their data and friends elsewhere.
- missedthecue 6y agoLike making social networks entirely responsible for the content posted by their users so that it’s impossible to grow beyond a certain scale and still be functional How would that fix the problem of Turkey's government controlling what gets posted and what doesn't? That'd exacerbate it.