I’m gonna say it: Google should no longer be allowed to be a private company.
https://theintercept.com/2017/10/17/google-search-drug-use-opioid-epidemic/
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The idea of it being government run and beholden to the Trump administration sounds worse to me.
ETA: which is not to say Google’s many issues should be ignored.
Well, it shouldn’t even be controlled by a single State-nation
Yeah I actually think having it somehow multinationally overseen would be ideal but I suspect that’s so unlikely or fraught in its own ways (e.g. how Interpol is used by member nations to punish political dissidents) that I think it remaining private is really the best option.
Technically, they’re a public company! #zing #lawyerjoke
Bret Gillan Yeah, I lack the language to explain what I’d like to see. Some kind of setup where they are required to make their algorithm public and be heavily regulated. Some sort of non-profit international thing.
The solution is to destroy capitalism. I’m not joking either.
Bret Gillan 100% on board.
They could have an international board of directors type thing, which is imperfect but maybe better than shareholders. Maybe have both?
I think ICANN had some kind of international oversight committee, didn’t it? To make sure one country didn’t take off running with endless dumb suffixes that IPv4 couldn’t keep up with?
I agree with the spirit of your post. 😉