American politics, in a nutshell

[Huh?]

The problem is larger than TikTok, and certainly won't disappear under the TikTok ban.

We need regulations that:

(a) have stronger privacy laws. I have never signed up for a Meta product. Yet their platforms undoubtedly have a profile of me that they can use for recommendations if I sign up. That's creepy, and should be illegal. They shouldn't be able to sell my data in an identifiable way to other companies.

(b) require algorithms that control presentation of data either be open source or, at the very least, completely controllable by the user. I should be able to turn off and on what data they use to drive my engagement.

I understand that this may break their revenue model. I think that is a good thing.

 

[SnoopRob]

The problem is larger than TikTok, and certainly won't disappear under the TikTok ban.

We need regulations that:

(a) have stronger privacy laws. I have never signed up for a Meta product. Yet their platforms undoubtedly have a profile of me that they can use for recommendations if I sign up. That's creepy, and should be illegal. They shouldn't be able to sell my data in an identifiable way to other companies.

(b) require algorithms that control presentation of data either be open source or, at the very least, completely controllable by the user. I should be able to turn off and on what data they use to drive my engagement.

I understand that this may break their revenue model. I think that is a good thing.

This is very similar to my view, that social media must be better regulated at an overall level if we're to protect both individuals and society.

I do think there are particular issues with social media being owned/controlled by foreign entities that should also be addressed, but addressing social media as a whole will go a long way toward making foreign ownership/control less troublesome.

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Reminds me of the cartoon from early 2017 that showed a family huddling in the ruins of a major city (maybe Washington, DC) warming themselves over a fire and the dad says "Well, at least we didn't elect that awful Hillary Clinton to the White House."

 

[eternalheel]

There's no telling what kind of ruse the rubes have been doing behind the scenes, but as one hilarious content creator said, "the united states government just laid off millions of independent entrepreneurs like it was nothing."