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> how about a general solution of a US GDPR plus anti-trust enforcement I'd agree if such a solution was also being considered and would take the same amount o
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
> how about a general solution of a US GDPR plus anti-trust enforcement
I'd agree if such a solution was also being considered and would take the same amount of time. How long do you think it would take to write and pass such a bill? I think it would take so long to be essentially a useless diversion. It's an idea that people would push who never want any of these changes because it sounds like a viable alternative but it's impossible in practice.
- mindslight 3y agoThe best time to plant a shade tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is today. And realpolitik, I get that both parties work for and benefit from the corporations in their own ways, and aren't too keen on legislation that protects individual rights at the expense of corporate control. I just hate the blatant hypocrisy - this TikTok situation has only come about due to the past two+ decades of regulatory abdication.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoYes. Pass the bill that we have now and keep fighting for more.
- mindslight 3y agoI question the assumption of "for more". Singling out individual companies based on specific foreign ownership is of a completely different character than making general laws aimed at preserving individual liberty. The way I see it, going down this path cements continuing centralized control from corporate and government authoritarian synergy - for example the actual mechanism of this bill is targeting the Apple/Google corporate app repositories, because telling individual users that it's illegal to communicate with TikTok is a straightforward first amendment violation.