Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up

Re:Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up by criddell on Thursday November 01, 2018 @10:41AM (#18354297)

You don't have to have a lot of trust in the government, just more than you do in corporations. That's not a terribly high bar.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up by paulddraper on Thursday November 01, 2018 @02:06PM (#18356709)

> You don't have to have a lot of trust in the government, just more than you do in corporations.

Corporations (sans legal monopoly) have power over their constituents insofar as their products are desirable.

Governments have power over their constituents with physical force.

It is 1000x easier for me to delete my Facebook account than for me to move to another country and change my citizenship.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up by SmellyGeekBoy on Thursday November 01, 2018 @11:37AM (#18354960)

For what it's worth there are some corporations I'd trust a lot more than the government.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up by throwaway2048 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @12:14PM (#18355454)

See how stable that remains over time however, your data is out there forever, even when $CORP turns evil.

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