Re:When thebiglebow.ski is blocked by Facebook
by yowlingcat on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @08:31AM
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> And if they dont have enough how to charge them for all the resource/energy drainage they offload to the real world.
That's the million (billion?) dollar question for me. I observe that it will sadly follow the precedent of the oil industry and other industries -- a slap on the wrist to the tune of a fraction of the true damage, with society left to bear the brunt of the externality in perpetuity and prosecutors able to say "at least we tried!"
I can't help but wonder if there isn't a better way.
Re:When thebiglebow.ski is blocked by Facebook
by BTCOG on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @11:11AM
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Trillion dollar question, really. When you have a multi-billion dollar platform costing magnitudes more in social disruption, election and democracy itself being disrupted.
That's the million (billion?) dollar question for me. I observe that it will sadly follow the precedent of the oil industry and other industries -- a slap on the wrist to the tune of a fraction of the true damage, with society left to bear the brunt of the externality in perpetuity and prosecutors able to say "at least we tried!"
I can't help but wonder if there isn't a better way.