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it's just illuminating who the government listens to If Obama and the gov actually listened to Zuck, the problem would be fixed. Heck at this point, it is not
by zaidf 13y ago
it's just illuminating who the government listens to
If Obama and the gov actually listened to Zuck, the problem would be fixed. Heck at this point, it is not too farfetched to think that parts of the government don't listen to the President, even.
- rhizome 13y agoZuck is the wrong person to make entreaties to the President about this because it doesn't affect Zuck personally. As far as the Executive Branch is concerned, Zuck is just expressing an opinion about policy the way an airline CEO might about the FAA: as a business concern, not a legal nor civil liberties one. Obama already knows that the only thing Zuck is talking about is money, not people.
- quangv 13y agoI don't think Zuck is talking about money, but freedom. Sure maybe it's freedom to make money, but it's also freedom to express yourself.
- rhizome 13y agoHe already gets all the freedom he wants. Yes, I'm questioning not only his effectiveness, but his motivations. He consequently simply may not be personally capable of having a freedom-oriented effect here. Said another say, he's a new-money kid, how much power can he really have?
- 001sky 13y agoI don't think Zuck is talking about money, but freedom This seems naive. Zuck has enough money to buty privacy, and he made his fortune by enabling the type of surveilance that the NSA does. Frankly, his actions here are about as credible as the Ivy League's moves towards embracing "diversity". They are just ploys, and their biz model is at risk, so this is like "I'sorry"... only that we got caught.
- philwelch 13y ago"Not too farfetched"? It's farfetched to think the President can even start to control the executive agencies.