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Any legislation that is known up-front to affect all websites on the Internet associated with any business is, to me, bad legislation. I'm surprised you can sup
by gfodor 4y ago
Any legislation that is known up-front to affect all websites on the Internet associated with any business is, to me, bad legislation. I'm surprised you can support any kind of regulation that is consistent with your #1. Fundamentally any kind of regulation of internet websites ought to be at least partially directed by the counterfactuals. In other words, big sites and small sites are different things, and should be regulated differently in almost all cases. Otherwise you will eventually stop having small sites, since the regulated needed for big sites will be imposed on them too, until it is too burdensome for them to exist. This would effectively kill the Internet/WWW as it is today.
- Robotbeat 4y agoYeah, I think people underestimate that risk and what it means long-term. Do we want to solidify the web as purely just an access point for one of a dozen huge platforms? There are several web forums I’ve visited that allow anonymous accounts to be created and allow commenting. They are well-moderated. Some were also very niche and run by like one person. Making a law like this is a one-way street that could potentially destroy that capability, some of the best parts of the web.