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I'm not sure. Threats from the Chinese govt include US national security, and the privacy and human rights of all Twitter users. FTC itself may not be the regu

I'm not sure. Threats from the Chinese govt include US national security, and the privacy and human rights of all Twitter users. FTC itself may not be the regulatory body to address those, but don't you think it is nonetheless a legitimate interest of the US govt to regulate, if Twitter is a US company? The hearing also shed light on how European regulation (France in particular, I think), was recognized within Twitter as something to take seriously, as opposed to how US regulation would result in, at worst, one-time fines. Another revelation https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32566507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32566507 is that India had an agent working within Twitter. I don't know if that's a Dept of Labor regulation violation, but my general concern is that if you celebrate limits in US govt regulation, you may be celebrating having low vision of the harmful activities of foreign governments.

yazzku 4y ago
The US government is also harmful outside of the US. Your comments here and above seem to have a tone of "US good, China bad". To be clear, this and the general issue of regulating American online spaces isn't about good vs evil, but about furthering one government's agenda or another's.
vinay_ys 4y ago
> India had an agent working within Twitter Without proof, this is pure propaganda. India is a sovereign democracy with its own laws and regulations. India required all media platforms acting as intermediaries to have three permanent job roles with proper governance structure – a Chief Compliance Officer, a Resident Grievance Officer and a Nodal Contact Person – these job roles are expected to have specific responsibilities w.r.t dealing with consumer complaints. You can read the official government brief here – https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2021/jun/doc202162411.pdf https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documen... Twitter would have interviewed and hired competent people of their choice into these roles. If any motivated government/corporate wants to infiltrate twitter, I doubt they would go about it by engaging in high-profile court battles and democratic parliamentary processes to do it.

yazzku 4y ago

The US government is also harmful outside of the US. Your comments here and above seem to have a tone of "US good, China bad". To be clear, this and the general issue of regulating American online spaces isn't about good vs evil, but about furthering one government's agenda or another's.

vinay_ys 4y ago

> India had an agent working within Twitter Without proof, this is pure propaganda. India is a sovereign democracy with its own laws and regulations. India required all media platforms acting as intermediaries to have three permanent job roles with proper governance structure – a Chief Compliance Officer, a Resident Grievance Officer and a Nodal Contact Person – these job roles are expected to have specific responsibilities w.r.t dealing with consumer complaints. You can read the official government brief here – https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2021/jun/doc202162411.pdf https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documen... Twitter would have interviewed and hired competent people of their choice into these roles. If any motivated government/corporate wants to infiltrate twitter, I doubt they would go about it by engaging in high-profile court battles and democratic parliamentary processes to do it.