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Re:Companies to pay $615,00 in investigation over faked net ... by SoftTalker on Sunday May 14, 2023 @11:13PM (#35943513)
The elected legislature doesn't have the expertise to write regulations in highly technical areas. Or really almost any areas, but certainly not the sorts of stuff that the FCC, FAA, SEC, etc. regulates. The representative democracy happens with their confirmation of the agency heads appointed by the executive branch.
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Re:Companies to pay $615,00 in investigation over faked net ... by agensaequivocum on Sunday May 14, 2023 @11:20PM (#35943551)
If the legislature cannot write it, then the law or force of law shouldn't exist.
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Re:Companies to pay $615,00 in investigation over faked net ... by Spivak on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:45AM (#35943971)
I think you're right in a broad sense but this is the least bad situation. Because the alternative is that no laws that require expertise ever get passed or worse, legislators rubber stamp laws they don't really understand written by people in industry.
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Re:Companies to pay $615,00 in investigation over faked net ... by golemotron on Monday May 15, 2023 @01:50AM (#35944306)
> The elected legislature doesn't have the expertise to write regulations in highly technical areas.

People with backgrounds in science and engineering can't run for Congress?

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Re:Companies to pay $615,00 in investigation over faked net ... by diffeomorphism on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:20AM (#35944447)
A background is not sufficient and people should be humble enough to know when to take advice. That is not to say they should not be familiar with subjects, but relying on one person to write regulations for whole sectors is bound to lead to problems.
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Re:Companies to pay $615,00 in investigation over faked net ... by golemotron on Monday May 15, 2023 @03:18AM (#35944757)
Experts can write them but representatives should be on the record voting for or against them.
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Re:Companies to pay $615,00 in investigation over faked net ... by diffeomorphism on Monday May 15, 2023 @04:34AM (#35945258)
Sure.
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Re:Companies to pay $615,00 in investigation over faked net ... by flanked-evergl on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:43AM (#35944553)
> The elected legislature doesn't have the expertise to write regulations in highly technical areas.

For the most part the regulatory agencies don't have the expertise either. It is almost all political in every country where I have ever lived, and most EU tech regulations is also absolute garbage.

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