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1. Require a $10 million dollar 5 year bond to start one of these companies. If the company engages in facilitating robocalling, the bond is forfeit This is ho
by reaperducer 3y ago
1. Require a $10 million dollar 5 year bond to start one of these companies. If the company engages in facilitating robocalling, the bond is forfeit
This is how you get people on HN to start howling "regulatory capture!"
- mschuster91 3y agoThat used to be the case of the HN hivemind maybe three, four years ago (just noticed, my account is over ten years old, WTF). IMO, I think the general vibe here started to shift back with the Jan 6th putsch attempt, and completely turned during the Russian war: undeniable signs showing how far a situation can escalate when malicious actors are left to roam free, and that a truly free market requires at least some sort of regulation as guardrails.
- pessimizer 3y agoWhat does the FCC have to do with the mobility scooter coup?
- mschuster91 3y agoI responded to a person who said that usually HN would cry about regulations... which is a viewpoint I have seen diminish over the last years in popularity and offered an explanation why that may be the case.