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Excellent post! Yes, Facebook has found itself wielding power that it could have never imagined. Nobody is prepared or qualified for that kind of power. That
by 13years 5y ago
Excellent post!
Yes, Facebook has found itself wielding power that it could have never imagined. Nobody is prepared or qualified for that kind of power. That's why it took 700 years from the Magna Carta until the US Constitution to formulate a reasonable contract to limit such power.
Now you have the most dangerous combination of all. The two ingredients which when combined has resulted in horrific atrocities.
The paradox of tyranny
1) The desire to make the world a better place
2) The power and means to actually do so
- briantakita 5y agoBut Facebook is a private company & Facebook can do whatever it wants...And Facebook, being a Corporation, has the same rights as a person... A glib argument? Sure. But this was the same argument used to censor other political speech. What's good for the goose is good for the gander...
- 13years 5y agoThe private company defense might become a moot point. There are numerous lawsuits now alleging these companies as state actors and some with actual receipts showing direct government communication and result action. And just last week we have the white house essentially openly confirming state involvement.
- cinquemb 5y ago> The private company defense might become a moot point. There are numerous lawsuits now alleging these companies as state actors and some with actual receipts showing direct government communication and result action. Arguably, any entity that submits articles of incorporation to any jurisdiction is an extension of the that jurisdiction. And in practice, it works out this way. Modern examples: CCP board members on top china tech co's and NSA PRISM integrations with top US tech cos…