Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
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Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
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Re: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
#2a typical example of a big company trying to put up barriers to entry by using politicians who want to please the public with worthless (and damaging) regulations and policies.
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#4Depending on the regulation, IMO a sensible middle ground is to phase in regulations based on company size as measured by revenue and/or employee count.
This avoids crushing upstarts while regulating companies large enough to matter.
Re: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
#5Depending on the regulation, IMO a sensible middle ground is to phase in regulations based on company size as measured by revenue and/or employee count. This avoids crushing upstarts while regulating companies large enough to matter.
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Re: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
#6Back when the GDPR was still pending, the consensus on HN was that there was nothing to fear because European regulators emphasize the spirit of the law, rather than beating people over the head with the letter of the law like American regulators do.
Anyway, the law went into effect and some guy got fined just over $2000 for using CC instead of BCC on his personal mailing list of 150 people. There are a bunch more examples just like that [1].
I miss the tech community that used to be much more skeptical of government regulation -- remember SOPA/PIPA?
Re: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
#7Should companies be suggesting regulations that they don't know how to meet? Maybe before making something a standard, it should be tested in the real world first?
But this doesn't mean you have to accept their proposal.
Re: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
#8Anyone else notice that after you accept TechCrunch’s cookie consent pop-up that the site blocks you from tapping back on your browser to get back to HN?
Re: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
#9Depending on the regulation, IMO a sensible middle ground is to phase in regulations based on company size as measured by revenue and/or employee count. This avoids crushing upstarts while regulating companies large enough to matter.
To be fair, GDPR was first proposed in 2012. In 2016 it was written into law, and then in 2018 it became enforceable. It was these adtech companies that choose to ignore implementing it and/or to do it as late as possible.
Re: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
#10Outline: https://outline.com/caBX8n