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Re:Should computer science researchers disclose negative soc... by TeMPOraL on Friday August 03, 2018 @11:28AM (#17680650)
If by "democratically" you mean through the market, then yes, it's how this works.

EDIT: what I mean is, roughly, markets are how we usually screw ourselves up in the first place.

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Re:Should computer science researchers disclose negative soc... by dekhn on Friday August 03, 2018 @11:31AM (#17680676)
No, they mean through legislation.
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Re:Should computer science researchers disclose negative soc... by onceKnowable on Friday August 03, 2018 @04:54PM (#17683529)
None of those actions were the result of an informed public debate.

In fact, they’re all actions that show that an informed public debate regarding new technologies is needed to protect the public from not only unscrupulous businesses or external threats but to protect the public from their own authorities.

Without public debate and a public that demands robust protection in the fit of laws, misused technologies represent a threat to everyone until that debate is had.

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Re:Should computer science researchers disclose negative soc... by stevew20 on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:24PM (#17682260)
Beautiful timing.
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