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Ok but they've got the former Prime Minister of Denmark next to the Vice President of the CATO Institute. Get a handle on the knee-jerk skepticism and cynicism
by GavinMcG 5y ago
Ok but they've got the former Prime Minister of Denmark next to the Vice President of the CATO Institute.
Get a handle on the knee-jerk skepticism and cynicism and look into it yourself and make a principled argument for whether it's satisfactory or not. Just spitting out your first reaction isn't helpful.
- freewilly1040 5y agoWhy on earth should Facebook get the benefit of the doubt here? They’ve assembled some gaudy resumes, ok. Is there any historical track record for a board like this providing a meaningful check on a monopoly? On a company majority controlled by one person? Give me a break. This is Zuckerberg making a show at self regulation to try and forestall real regulators coming after him. Happy to be proven wrong, but Facebook has not earned trust here.
- GavinMcG 5y agoIt's not about anyone getting the benefit of the doubt. It's about whether there's substantive discussion here or just cynical riffs and dismissals.
- COGlory 5y agoAre you implying that having a politician on their board lends them credibility?
- GavinMcG 5y agoThe whole point is that you can't just stick with a knee-jerk reaction like "OoH, a PoLiTiCiAn!" Use your actual brain. This particular politician was the prime minister of Denmark until 2015, and in 2015, Denmark was ranked third out of 180 countries on Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index. Another politician is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who ordered the assassination of reporter Jamal Khashoggi. I do think Helle Thorning-Schmidt lends them some credibility, and not because she's "a politician."