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Not even our criminal laws are consistently enforced in the US. I have no faith that this would be any different, and think it would just end up as another tool for systemic oppression.

Do you think 4-5 corporations making the decisions behind closed doors will reach a fairer result?

If you categorically don't have faith in the laws and the justice system, you might as well emigrate or start planning a revolution.

4-5 ideologically homogenous corporations that increasingly buy into a fundamentalist religion-in-all-but-name.

What's the religion? I'm a bit confused.

yes at least then the process would theoretically be accountable to the voter, and would be a matter of public consensus

I don't think we have laws against the kinds of things that make these apps challenging. If you publish someone's personal information on an app, is it the app's fault? Is the app subject to legal sanction for being an engine of harassment?

Apps with good moderation and communities can do things that other apps cannot. How do you tell the difference, legally, without punishing apps that are trying but have a bad incident?

This is about patterns more than specific moments. The law is about moments. So its hard.