Ad-tech monopolies finally being threatened with some accountability for their impact on society. I mean, perhaps not in the right way, but I like the idea of ad-tech monopolies actually having to do something to uphold reasonable standards under threat of state involvement.
Does the combination of "private monopoly" and "reasonable standards" not bother you? With explicit laws, at least there are political checks and balances on those standards. But with an indirect arrangement where businesses self-censor under threat of further regulation, the standards to which they do so do not undergo the same review, nor can you challenge them in courts.
This is a good point. Yeah, the combination of "private monopoly" and "reasonable standards" does bother me. Though in this specific case, the list of material to be censored is very explicit.
legislation like this will force tech and give legal basis be more invasive on individual user privacy in order prevent, predict or minimize risk of costly 'offensive' content being posted. spill-over effect from more invasive privacy measures only benefit ad-tech.
