We Can’t Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself

Re:We Can’t Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself by slim on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:59AM (#15738484)

I think what should be regulated above all is their usage of the social graph. For example, banning someone from the social network should be subject to due process

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Re:We Can’t Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself by Sir_Substance on Monday November 20, 2017 @04:44AM (#15738831)

>For example, banning someone from the social network should be subject to due process

Speaking as someone who often feels disconnected due to their refusal to accept facebook TOS, I would come at this from a very different direction.

Facebook should be required to provide a standardized API and data storage format that allows syndication with other social networks and allows users to transition their data to other social networks.

Think "Pacific Railway Act 1863" for social networks. You can build as much infrastructure as you like, but it _must_ be inter-operable with your competitors.

Then Facebook can ban who they like, there's nothing stopping people from using a different provider.

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Re:We Can’t Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself by runeb on Monday November 20, 2017 @09:15AM (#15739960)

I'm curious if you've found a social network who's TOS you find acceptable?

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Re:We Can’t Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself by icebraining on Monday November 20, 2017 @03:02AM (#15738496)

Sounds like a fun way to bankrupt Facebook :) creating an account is really cheap.

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Re:We Can’t Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself by jacobush on Monday November 20, 2017 @03:07AM (#15738514)

The Scarlet letter of this era

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