Who
to Blame? Part Two - Solutions
Perhaps
it is entirely coincidental but this morning's CBC site reported on two
diametrically opposite solutions to the ever present (and some might say
intrusive) presence of Facebook and
other social media apps.
Solution
#1
Matt
Stoller, a senior fellow at the Open Markets Institute has suggested that
"Facebook be restructured to neutralize its market power and be forced to
divest some of its holding like Instagram and WhatsApp" (CBC).
Interesting solution - one would think that some people believe that Facebook
etc. are essential services such as oil to keep our houses warm, or even media
such as radio television or newspapers. We certainly do everything we can to
prevent those things from being in the hands of just a few people (please
excuse the sarcasm).
Solution
#2
Elon
Musk the owner/inventor of Tesla and
SpaceX has deleted the Facebook accounts for both of those companies. He does
not have a personal Facebook page.
I
like the second solution better. If you don't trust Facebook- don't use it. If
some organization or bureaucracy suggests you should - tell them no. Facebook
is being used because it makes things convenient but it is not a necessity.
We
should not allow governments and others who have vested, sometimes commercial interest
in utilizing the internet to "make things more efficient" (code words
for cheaper, fewer employees) to convince us that it s better for us. They only
have control if we give it to them.
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