Re:Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless cybe...
by shagie on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:44PM
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> - This Congress is ill-equipped to understand tech, much less hold it accountable. As long as the people are happy, Congress is happy.
There's an article I was introduced to yesterday: Do We Need a New Digital Regulatory Agency in the U.S.?
It argues that it it is the agencies and the experts within the agencies that need to become more technologically literate to be able to advise creation and implement the laws that have tech impacts.
Congress isn't supposed to be experts on subjects, they're supposed to be the representatives of their people with occasional domain knowledge in certain areas of importance to their constituents. We can't (and shouldn't) expect every member of congress to be an IT expert.
There's an article I was introduced to yesterday: Do We Need a New Digital Regulatory Agency in the U.S.?
It argues that it it is the agencies and the experts within the agencies that need to become more technologically literate to be able to advise creation and implement the laws that have tech impacts.
Congress isn't supposed to be experts on subjects, they're supposed to be the representatives of their people with occasional domain knowledge in certain areas of importance to their constituents. We can't (and shouldn't) expect every member of congress to be an IT expert.
https://techpolicy.press/do-we-need-a-new-digital-regulatory... ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32555365 )