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This may be easier to relate to: During the pandemic, my state governor had an official Q&A regarding the state's policies, on Facebook. I couldn't participat
by CoastalCoder 3y ago
This may be easier to relate to:
During the pandemic, my state governor had an official Q&A regarding the state's policies, on Facebook.
I couldn't participate without accepting Facebook's T&Cs.
I'm not sure if that was illegal, but I'd like it to be.
- tayo42 3y agoWhat's the alternative though? Can we expect local governments to develop and run qa websites and apps? The only realistic option is to have them rely on a 3rd party service and and service is going to have some kind of sign up agreement you need to accept before using.
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- anigbrowl 3y agoCan we expect local governments to develop and run Why not just have a template app that's open source and publicly financed, and the only local part is configuration data like name of the mayor, specific phone #s etc. US local government is already massively duplicative and wasteful.
- CoastalCoder 3y agoOne possible alternative would be a moderated, call-in group phone call, like companies sometimes have for quarterly investor / analyst calls. Open governance sometimes requires considerations, e.g. public access, that aren't always crucial for private commerce.
- marcosdumay 3y ago> Can we expect local governments to develop and run qa websites and apps? Actually, yes, we should expect this.
- bmelton 3y agoThere would still have to be terms of service to accept or decline, and if those terms included prohibitions like "you are not allowed to hack our servers or spam them to a crawl" then it still makes sense for a decline to result in an inability to use the service
- pseudalopex 3y agoYour hypothetical terms of service are laws.
- xorcist 3y agoA working website that every citizen can use would be the least of my expectations in a democratic society.
- ensignavenger 3y agoIs there not precedent for this in the offline world? Government officials hold Q&A meetings and informational sessions in private establishments frequently, and these establishments may have their own rules as to who can and can't attend.
- pseudalopex 3y agoOfficial events open to the public are held in public buildings mostly in my experience.