Re:U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week: sources
by Lammy on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:02PM
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My assumption is that any US lawsuits against US tech companies are just song-and-dance to maintain US technological hegemony worldwide while also looking like we're doing something.
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Re:U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week: sources
by CameronNemo on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:17PM
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I don't know if it is quite so meaningless. But I doubt the US government is going to do something to give us more power over our technology. The Feds successfully threatened to shut down an entire social network this year. They don't want to lose that power. They do care about mass media and how people discover information, however. They will take action to make sure the wrong information is not being shared widely.