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by hugh3 5885 days ago
Do you really want to see this kind of government control of the internet?

I can guarantee that any new law designed to prevent facebook privacy violations would wind up having all sorts of awful unintended consequences for the rest of the internet.

Hugh's first rule of government: the unintended consequences of any major government action almost always wind up being more significant than the intended consequences. (See also: social security, Iraq war, emancipation proclamation.)

1 comments

Accidental downvote, sorry. Would have emailed you if you had contact info in your profile.