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I haven't watched the TikTok hearing, but I have watched the 4-5 preceding Big Tech-focused hearings basically since "The Encryption Tightrope." You can't gene
by meltyness 4y ago
I haven't watched the TikTok hearing, but I have watched the 4-5 preceding Big Tech-focused hearings basically since "The Encryption Tightrope."
You can't generalize the whole thing as spectacle just because a few of the congressmen choose to grandstand / push an agenda / be generally tonedeaf, I can almost guess that in 6 hours at least some of the concerns are legitimate and merit public discourse even if they are nuanced, possibly quite boring, and have more to do with how OS maintainers and parents should behave.
Everything is in the crosshairs and nothing material is sacred, and it has been that way for as long as I can remember[0]. That's why we hire these people.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhwM3ZMTCR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhwM3ZMTCR0