Comments on: Should Facebook be regulated?

By: max winkle

max winkle — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:45:16 +0000

australia says no to stopping people like me molesting young women on facebook. in the real world i am not accepted

By: The SEO Dentist

The SEO Dentist — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:15:10 +0000

Facebook allows users to set their own privacy settings, and prevent leakage of their data. The problem is we're a quick fix society, reading through pages and pages of terms and conditions isn't something that the majority is willing to do. So we stamp our feet and cry and demand government regulation because we're too lazy to read the instructions and information ourselves. It's understandable that people might try something without reading into it too much but you wouldn't drive a car without "reading the instructions", why should using the internet be any different? My recent post How To Successfully Utilise Twitter & Social Media To Market Your Services

By: Wilson Zorn

Wilson Zorn — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:40:26 +0000

I don't think it's an issue of entitlement, it's an issue of reasonable expectations and the lack of reasonable contractual transparency regarding privacy. If Facebook were more openly saying "you have no expectation of privacy on this network" that might be one thing. So far, they try to play it each way, and their agreement with users is dodgy at best, at least in execution.

By: Wilson Zorn

Wilson Zorn — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:37:44 +0000

Companies crossing state lines are still subject to state-specific regulations, and companies do have to deal with differences across the states. So I don't think there's "zero" argument; in point of fact, states have significant leeway in how they choose to regulate businesses. Our company functions in Oregon, Massachusetts, and California; all three have different privacy regulations.

By: @Anne_EU_webteam

@Anne_EU_webteam — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:32:08 +0000

In Europe we are generally quite concerned with what services like Facebook do with people's personal data. For instance, Germany has a special terms of use agreement with Facebook, and the EU is also looking into the matter.

Start for instance herehttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eyouguide… if you want to know more.

Anne

By: @jakelacaze

@jakelacaze — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:19:03 +0000

I understand the frustration, but I think there are more important things that may need more attention. Facebook is a free service, and naturally Mark Zuckerberg is out to make money any way he can. As long as the service is free, we should expect more things like this. And if we don't like it, we should cancel our accounts. People need to quit feeling that they're entitled to Facebook. My recent post Be An Optimist, But Don’t Be A Fool

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:51:17 +0000

The government can't handle regulating things that are tangible, i.e. Wall Street Corruption, Corruption in Congress, and keeping their marriage vows. How are they going to even consider regulating something that most of the fossils in congress don't even understand?

By: tribogenics

tribogenics — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:07:20 +0000

I think Facebook should be "observed" for now…not "regulated". More importantly, everyone in our Government should get a crash course on the Internet in general, as I don't think 75% know what the hell Facebook is.

By: still Blonde

still Blonde — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:00:06 +0000

YES! How can there be any other answer? I know the government is incapable, that doesn't mean that the answer is NO for that reason alone. My recent post Women over 45, Your Personal SPF: Determining Your Number

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:34:51 +0000

Given that Facebook's operations cross state lines, there's zero argument for state authority. Thank heavens. Facebook, like any intelligent company involved with interstate commerce, would far prefer one set of rules that apply to everybody equally, vs. a welter of different, contrrary and perhaps even contradictory regulations constructed piecemeal across our great 50. As for "the government" not being able to handle anything, that's simply a thoughtless comment; our elected officials handle things all the time, though it can never be to everyone's liking. The comment about Wall Street corruption is particularly ignorant, as that corruption was possible exactly because there was not enough government regulation. As for fossils, we've heard that argument many times before, as when that fossil Warren Buffett called out the (then high-flying) Internet companies in the late '90s for not having real and sustainable business models. How'd that work out for them? Now, I understand, this is a social media blog, not a financial blog. But I'd expect a higher level of discourse nonetheless.