Re:George Soros: Facebook and Google are a menace to society
by mseebach on Friday January 26, 2018 @06:52AM
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> There are many powerful organizations that would like access to that data.
It's not about access to the data, but rather about controlling the flow of information. The rise of social media and Google represents a shift of power away from traditional media (which Soros and his allies have a relatively higher degree of influence over) and to .. well, something else (I'm going going to pretend it's "the people", and it's not "the russians", either).
Re:George Soros: Facebook and Google are a menace to society
by pron on Friday January 26, 2018 @08:57AM
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The power has already been grabbed by Google and Facebook. The only question is whether the public will have some oversight or whether it will allow so much power (probably much more than that held by the Robber Barons of the infamous Gilded Age) to be held by corporations.
I don’t know about the unintended consequences, but when George Soros comes out in public he is always pushing an agenda. So perhaps the question should be, what are the intended consequences?
Does Soros want governments to regulate these companies for economic reasons, or is it a power grab for control of the flow of information?
These companies have painted a huge target on their back by amassing so much data. There are many powerful organizations that would like access to that data.