Since the election, you have probably heard a lot about FAFO (“f--- around and find out”). It’s the idea that voting is a choice and voters must face the consequences of their choices. If you are, say, a poor person, you shouldn’t have voted for Donald Trump or any Republican, because in the end, th...
I somewhat vindictively hope it’s every bit as bad as predicted this time, less actual nuclear war of course. But enough so that there’s just no way any amount of social media shadow fails to prevent daylight getting through.
Next time we have progressive leaders there needs to be done what the tech bros and oligharchs feared: proper regulation of social media as journalistic organisations unless they e.g. remove algorithmic sorting, and take steps to remove anonymity.
My idea is you could have avatars/pseudonyms linked to a third party open source identification API which uses encryption keys. It doesn’t reveal who you are to law enforcement (no one would want to use that) but it does reveal you are the same person regardless of your pseudonym if you get up to naughty business, leading to your reputation going with you to any participating platform.
Oh there’s no more voluntary reform. They had that chance over the last 40 years. It’s time to start actually regulating again.
That is what I mean yeah. Regulation and strong institutions to uphold the rules.
Tech bros love that idea; I’ve seen a few blockchain-based versions.
Using the block chain is completely unnecessary though, so they’ve clearly got a money making angle.
If it isn’t open source and non-profit, it won’t work. ICANN for example could integrate it into what they do. Only then could it be part of internet regulations fairly.