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Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @11:19AM (#16811987)
> Saying that any hypothetical regulation introduced after this Facebook fiasco (and all the other data breaches of late) will benefit Facebook and hurt competitors is not exactly what I would call level-headed skepticism.

Can you name a piece of US federal legislation regulating a major industry passed in the last, say, 30 years, where this was not the case?

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham by DaiPlusPlus on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:12PM (#16812598)
Vehicle safety regulations.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham by twoodfin on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:19PM (#16812656)
There aren’t very many small or startup auto makers, so it’s hard to assert that safety regulations don’t function as a barrier to entry. Not that it isn’t a good barrier to have!
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:06PM (#16814980)
> There aren’t very many small or startup auto makers, so it’s hard to assert that safety regulations don’t function as a barrier to entry.

Well actually...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_automobile_man...

Notice the number created before vs. after 1967, when the feds started passing vehicle safety regulations.

Also notice how many of those created after 1967 (e.g. Geo, Saturn, Hummer) aren't actually independent, they're just retired marks of the existing incumbents.

Because the safety regulations are designed for huge companies. The companies literally provide cars to the government to be crashed for testing purposes, because destroying a few cars is nothing to Ford or GM.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham by shkkmo on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:36PM (#16812831)
Ralph Nader would disagree.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/09/17/ralph-nade...

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