Be Afraid of Economic 'Bigness'

Re:Be Afraid of Economic 'Bigness' by tensor on Sunday November 11, 2018 @11:55PM (#18430680)

I don't like to blame the tools, but Facebook was used in this way by Trump and the Russians. So there is a current day example. That said, claiming these are "mass surveillance" apparatuses is quite some rhetoric. While they can be used for this, they also have many other users. The were not created to be state surveillance and routinely fight state control of their data.

Like all powerful technology, I don't think trying to ban it is the answer. Rather, stronger regulation over how it's allowed to be used.

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Re:Be Afraid of Economic 'Bigness' by wu-ikkyu on Monday November 12, 2018 @11:55AM (#18433755)

>Like all powerful technology, I don't think trying to ban it is the answer. Rather, stronger regulation over how it's allowed to be used.

So you don't think weapons of mass destruction should be banned?

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Re:Be Afraid of Economic 'Bigness' by tensor on Monday November 12, 2018 @01:45PM (#18434623)

I don't think nuclear technology should be banned, no. It has uses beyond bombs.

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Re:Be Afraid of Economic 'Bigness' by wu-ikkyu on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @01:58PM (#18443702)

Fair enough.

How do you think we should regulate these tools?

Im worried that lawmakers cannot/will not truly appreciate the imminent danger of having billions of the most detailed psychological profiles in history stored in a hackable database until a major attack occurs.

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