The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong

Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by Phileosopher on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:06PM (#28789194)

I feel like this is a variation of the Two Generals Problem, but instead of it being about communication, it's about accountability:

"You have many people. One of these people gains more power than the rest. They can abuse that power, so there needs to be someone to monitor that power, but _that_ person can abuse power. How do you effectively hold everyone accountable about abuses of power without requiring that absolutely everyone become a regulator to create a loop?"

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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by nickff on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:43PM (#28791791)

I think the situation you are outlining is most aptly described by the Roman proverb: "quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"

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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by tweetle_beetle on Friday October 08, 2021 @05:00PM (#28804133)

Funny how a crude joke about someone's wife liking to sleep around almost two thousand years ago gets applied to a conversation about legal frameworks and regulation of one of the most significant corporations in the 21st century world.

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