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I think there is a better opportunity to incentivize the desired behavior, instead of attempt to disincentivize with the civil code Congress, particularly thes
by vmception 5y ago
I think there is a better opportunity to incentivize the desired behavior, instead of attempt to disincentivize with the civil code
Congress, particularly these representatives, doesn’t know what outcome they want though
How about making users the direct recipients of the value of their data, with consent provable revokable consent. Similar to a streamlined licensing agreement.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoAll revokable consent will get us is spam surveillance advertising. (Junk phone calls are illegal if you're on the Do Not Call list, but I still get them.)
- colejohnson66 5y agoYou still get them because the do-not-call registry is basically ignored by regulatory agencies. What's needed (IMHO), before new laws, is enforcement of the ones we have right now.
- sydbarrett74 5y agoMost junk calls these days originate outside the USA (e.g., fly-by-night boiler-rooms in India, Russia, the Philippines, &c.). The DNC list doesn't apply to them, and most countries turn a blind eye to these operations. The occasional bust is nothing more than a PR stunt. Law-enforcement agencies in developing nations are perennially underfunded and the agents are amenable to bribes in order to look the other way.
- more_corn 5y agoSure it does. If you break the us law by harassing and scamming a US citizens, you still broke the law even if you’re standing somewhere else. We could decide to prioritize investigating prosecuting and fining / jailing those people. Can and should. So maybe it would require coordination with other governments. Boo hoo. Hard work. The fact that our government somehow decided it’s nobody’s job to protect its citizens from constant harassment and financial attacks is a travesty of justice.