Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas
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Re: Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas
#2Facebook gets a lot of slack here on HN, and I share some critisism, but find this article by Zuckerberg is a step in right direction.
One only hopes there is some free room for small companies from regulation, so this helpful regulation doesnt end as a moat for FB and others.
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#3Freely accessible source:
https://www.greenwichtime.com/opinion/article/The-internet-n...
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#5There is no such thing as harmful content. There are only harmful consumers of content. Removal of any amount or type of content can not rehabilitate these harmful consumers. For as long as they lack the motive and personal integrity to practice critical thinking on a constant and ongoing basis, no content can ever be safe from them. They will be harmed by even the most direct, fact-based, and honest content. Their interpretation of it will be wrong, driven by their motives and desire for a particular thing to be true or false, and even that honest and direct content will be called for removal. This isn't a trite or insignificant observation, I think it is the whole heart of the issue. In one audience of people, there is a madman ranting on a corner about anti-Semitism and being ignored. In another, he is raised on their shoulders and made a leader. The difference is not the availability of the 'bad content.' The difference is the willingness (some might argue ability, but I think critical thinking is such a basic and simple skill that almost all, including children, are capable of it) of the audience to practice critical thinking. And without that willingness, nothing can be done.
Re: Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas
#6Facebook gets a lot of slack here on HN, and I share some critisism, but find this article by Zuckerberg is a step in right direction. One only hopes there is some free room for small companies from regulation, so this helpful regulation doesnt end as a moat for FB and others.
>One only hopes there is some free room for small companies from regulation, so this helpful regulation doesnt end as a moat for FB and others.
This is what has me worried. If regulations go as far as requiring content filtering, it would effectively cement Facebook/YouTube/etc as the dominant internet platforms, because small competitors can't afford to build those systems just to get started.
Re: Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas
#7Facebook gets a lot of slack here on HN, and I share some critisism, but find this article by Zuckerberg is a step in right direction. One only hopes there is some free room for small companies from regulation, so this helpful regulation doesnt end as a moat for FB and others.
>One only hopes there is some free room for small companies from regulation, so this helpful regulation doesnt end as a moat for FB and others. This is what has me worried. If regulations go as far as requiring content filtering, it would effectively cement Facebook/YouTube/etc as the dominant internet platforms, because small competitors can't afford to build those systems just to get started.
> >One only hopes there is some free room for small companies from regulation, so this helpful regulation doesnt end as a moat for FB and others.
I assume Zuckerberg is primarily interested in this for exactly that goal.
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#8Zuckerberg says that there should be a "comprehensive privacy regulation in line with the EU's GDPR", yet the first thing Facebook did was to move 1.5 billion accounts out of their data centre in Ireland to avoid having to meet the GDPRs requirements. They are also appealing the belgian decision to restrict Facebook's collection of users' and non-users' personal data across the internet.
Zuckerberg is forever apologising and promising to do better, and this article is only the latest attempt to try to manage the repetitive poor news cycle that Facebook has generated over the last year.
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#9Translation: the deep state is very concerned the internet allows people to bypass the establishment media and create influence that affects the outcomes of democratic elections in ways that upset the elite.
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#10Classic regulatory capture play. Create regulations so onerous that only a company with the resources of Facebook can operate under their restrictions. Lock in your dominant position. No small competitor can get a foot in the door.