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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Apr-2019 21:13:14 UTC Strypey

   #RogerMcNamee makes some good points about the carefully crafted gaps in FB's regulation proposals:
   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/02/mark-zuckerberg-fix-the-internet

   ... but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. The internet is a global medium, like the telephone or postal networks. It does make sense to have international treaties on user rights and internet regulation, so the operators of every website, big or small, can follow one clear set of rules that apply in every jurisdiction where the net can be accessed.

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   • Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Apr-2019 21:20:32 UTC Strypey

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     Make no mistake, FB and the rest of the corporate tech giants will do their best to make any internet rules - national or international - work in their favour, and make life hard for smaller players. Just as they have with the #EUCopyrightDirective. But it's also an opportunity for tech activists and civil society groups to do the opposite, and get rules on things like #Dataportability in #OpenFormats, that empower users to transition from the#DataFarms to community-scale #EthicalTech platforms.

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