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skolioban t1_j9022h9 wrote

Reply to comment by asciiman2000 in I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside | This bizarre episode in social-media history proves that it’s well past time for meaningful tech oversight by Hrmbee

The difference between handing power to tech moguls instead of politicians is that we have a mechanism to replace politicians but zero mechanism to replace tech moguls. Is the mechanism flawless and effective? No. But it's still better than nothing.

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whatweshouldcallyou t1_j91bq1l wrote

So you'd be totally fine with the Trump administration regulating how social media companies operate?

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Asyncrosaurus t1_j91k21x wrote

Well Trump's gone now, and Elon is sticking around. So yes, the guy you can kick out is the better option than the guy who just has implicit power forever.

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ForkLiftBoi t1_j91g06x wrote

Well ideally you'd do it as an agency. But we've seen how that can also have major changes quickly with administration changes... Used to be more stable as was the intent of agencies, but they're largely not.

So I would say I wish they were regulated by an agency created by Congress with characteristics they used to be 70-80 years ago. But yeah that ain't gonna happen

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skolioban t1_j91ufvo wrote

We removed the Trump administration. We can't remove Elon Musk.

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0pimo t1_j91cc4q wrote

>zero mechanism to replace tech moguls

Sure we do. You stop using their products and they go broke and leave.

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Arkeband t1_j91y74n wrote

lmfao “just use a different internet 4head”

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skolioban t1_j91uw9x wrote

Except when they have a monopoly. Try to go without any Google or Microsoft services. The US can't even remove Turbo Tax, an entirely useless service that served as a pay gate for regular people to pay tax.

It's easier to remove government administration than to forego giant corporation's products.

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