By creating a political toolkit for authoritarian movements, the American tech giants may be putting their own future at risk.
What is the plan? The honest answer is: rocket ships and immortality.
You don’t get to play with the new toys until you clean up the mess you made.
Tech companies are run by a feckless leadership accountable to no one, creating a toolkit for authoritarianism while hypnotized by science-fiction fantasy.
The danger facing us is not Orwell, but Huxley. The algorithms are amoral; to make them behave morally will require active intervention.
Regulations
A strict 30 day time limit on storing behavioral data.
The right to opt out of data collection while continuing to use services.
A ban on the sale or transfer of behavioral data, including to third-party ad networks.
A requirement that advertising be targeted strictly to content, not users.
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/05/notes-from-an-emergency.html
Regulations