Alternatively, imagine a world where the US government passed a "privacy bill of rights" and also required online platforms to be freely interchangeable via open protocols like ActivityPub.
Won't happen any time soon, and if you ask why, go read !news@beehaw.org for a little bit and come back.
Wouldn't the EU be more likely to do that?
True, but if GDPR has taught us anything… smaller firms will bend over backwards to comply and the largest ones will make cutouts, bend the rules and treat fines like fees to play. I think having the law in the US would be the best way to protect US citizens. In addition, I think it would be able to have more teeth being the country where a lot of these companies were founded and most importantly where they bank.
The bad news aside, I think "privacy bill of rights" is the right way of thinking to get people and tech to a happier place.
Alternatively, imagine a world where the US government passed a "privacy bill of rights" and also required online platforms to be freely interchangeable via open protocols like ActivityPub.
Won't happen any time soon, and if you ask why, go read !news@beehaw.org for a little bit and come back.
Wouldn't the EU be more likely to do that?
True, but if GDPR has taught us anything… smaller firms will bend over backwards to comply and the largest ones will make cutouts, bend the rules and treat fines like fees to play. I think having the law in the US would be the best way to protect US citizens. In addition, I think it would be able to have more teeth being the country where a lot of these companies were founded and most importantly where they bank.
The bad news aside, I think "privacy bill of rights" is the right way of thinking to get people and tech to a happier place.