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> they are SO BIG that they are more like a public place/space, where you cannot really dictate your own rules The Canadian government disagrees. They think Fa
by cowsup 3y ago
> they are SO BIG that they are more like a public place/space, where you cannot really dictate your own rules
The Canadian government disagrees. They think Facebook stands to have significant financial gain for the privilege of their users sharing Canadian news sites, to the point where Facebook has to pay a fee for that privilege.
You can't simultaneously say "Facebook is a public place, people should be allowed to post whatever they want" and also "Facebook should have to pay a fee if they want their users to be able to post whatever they want."
- JKCalhoun 3y agoI don't see the quandary. FB has managed to make themselves a defacto public space, they should not however be allowed to extort that position.
- hotstickyballs 3y agoAnd yet the government extorts all similar public spaces
- JKCalhoun 3y agoThere's a bizarre trend I have seen in the past decades where "The Government" is being portrayed as the enemy — not as the construct we have created to represent the wishes and needs of the people and society. Corporations are portrayed as our saviors at best — or at worst, excused for doing whatever they need to to make their shareholders a return on their investments.
- JimtheCoder 3y ago"not as the construct we have created to represent the wishes and needs of the people and society." Does the government actually do that?
- JKCalhoun 3y agoIt should. And we should fix that. I am sure that corporations are not much interested in serving the public good however.