Good news! The Zuckerborg's in trouble with the law in the United States
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I heard it on the news today.
Basically telling them they're too close to a monopoly, with Instagram and WhatsApp and all.
First the EU, now "the states" - hooray! A first step towards normalcy.
Good news! The Zuckerborg's in trouble with the law in the United States
These things get so big because people keep using them. People need to stop.
Personally, I've never seen the attraction to FB... still don't have an account, and have had zero desire to set one up since I heard that Zuck once called the users of his product "suckers."
The second reason is that I saw a documentary about 15 years ago which compared FB to the databases used by the Nazis, and examined some of the possibilities for the use of the data that everyone seems very keen to give away.
As far as I can tell they're both saying the same thing, but the first one explicitly states:
Quote:
Separately, but in coordination with the coalition led by Attorney General James, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also today filed a complaint against Facebook in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Is this just some oddity of US federal vs national law?
Also, why the lawsuits now? Facebook bought Instagram in 2012, and it was approved by the FTC back then, so whilst it's good news it is also confusing.
“In the future, the use of the new Oculus glasses requires the user to also have a Facebook account. Linking virtual reality products and the group’s social network in this way could constitute a prohibited abuse of dominance by Facebook,” federal cartel office President Andreas Mundt said in a statement on Thursday.
These things get so big because people keep using them. People need to stop.
You're not wrong of course, but that's not all.
It's not the users' fault that Facebook bought up Instagram and Whatsapp.
Antitrust laws exist in almost all countries, for a long time and for a good reason: every now and then it happens that a company manages to get into that position (and how they did that is a matter for another heated discussion) and needs to be broken up to avoid ... well, all sorts of scenarios highly undesired for both society and economy.
The proliferation of Facebook demonstrates a valid need for people to stay in touch, especially with extended family. What is real is that as it is, that is not the focus of Facebook... it's just the bait. I do understand the attraction and I'd gladly pay some subscription fee to a service that was actually focused on so-called Social Media instead of data mining.. People complain about the impact of bitcoin mining by individuals but try to factor in some corporations like FB and Google that have server farms dedicated to data mining. I think you will find the proportions amazing, possibly disturbing. That's not to say there isn't some value in data mining, in learning how the world really works, but mostly it's just about advertising and needs to be diversified.
It will take some time for governments, which are mostly populated by old and fairly conservative (non geeky) men,to catch up to modern technology. Currently the upset is as great and misunderstood as much as someone inventing the 50 Cal machine gun circa 1300 AD. The world would be a VERY different place.
It will take some time for governments, which are mostly populated by old and fairly conservative (non geeky) men,to catch up to modern technology. Currently the upset is as great and misunderstood as much as someone inventing the 50 Cal machine gun circa 1300 AD.
Speak for your own government.
And what's with the gun comparison? Americans...
They're in trouble in Australia too. There's a government bill to make them pay for all the news they steal from the regular press. In response FB are threatening to pull the plug on their Australian users. Funny how these things seem to be happening all at once. I mean, why now?
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