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Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by wiz21c on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @07:47AM (#15498295)
That's why FaceBook, having became so big, should maybe be regulated a bit (like banks, like press, like transportation, etc.)
Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by ekianjo on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:04AM (#15498368)
Sorry but it does not seem like regulating banks has done much to improve the financial system. Why do you think regulations are the solution?
Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by GlennS on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:11AM (#15498410)
> it does not seem like regulating banks has done much to improve the financial system

Are you sure?

To me is looks like this:

Loosening the regulations on US mortgages was a strong contributing factor to a global financial crisis.

Since then, tightening regulations on global banking has led to banks being much less likely to fail and trigger another crisis.

Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by ekianjo on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:27AM (#15498527)
> Since then, tightening regulations on global banking has led to banks being much less likely to fail and trigger another crisis.

you are in for a big surprise the next time a crisis hits the market. And even if your statement were true, only a few banks crashing would lead to a catastrophic domino effect, because everything is very largely inter-connected. What we have done since 2008 is largely insufficient to consider the current financial system as robust.

Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by privateprofile on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @09:25AM (#15498917)
Regulation isn't binary, as in something is either "regulated" or "unregulated".

The quality, timeliness and enforcement of the laws that establish regulation will determine the outcome.

Current regulation is weak, but society is better off with it than it was without it. A brief look at the history of the US financial system and its "crashes" may shed some light over this, perhaps even demonstrating that, if anything, regulation needs to improve (both in terms of coverage and enforcing).

Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by codecamper on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:34AM (#15498588)
Also, regulation doesn't magically fix the problem. But good regulation will fix the problem. The goal is to come up with the right regulation.

With regards to financial regulation, I think transparency and data reporting are hugely important. Much regulation can be done by counterparties if they can have better transparency.

Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by chopin on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:12AM (#15498413)
Regarding banks, non-regulation isn't a solution either, though.
Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by ekianjo on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:25AM (#15498512)
I don't think we have even tried non-regulating the banks for several centuries or even more. Bank regulations have a very, very long history.
Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by ameister14 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:37AM (#15500014)
Well, as far as serious regulatory controls are concerned, we tried going without between 1830 and 1914 in the US; so 103 years ago.
Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by ameister14 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:12AM (#15499755)
I don't know how much you know about the history of the financial system, but it appears not to be a lot if you don't think regulating banks has improved it.