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We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why (www.theguardian.com)

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With Google's recent monopoly status being a topic a discussion recently. This article from 2017 argues that we should nationalize these platforms in the age of platform capitalism. Ahead of its time, in fact the author predicted the downfall of Ello.

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[–] [email protected] 125 points 4 months ago (6 children)

The government doesn't need a warrant to browse data that it's already in possession of. Food for thought.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Maybe not a warrant, and IANAL, but government agencies aren't necessarily at liberty to share information amongst themselves. For instance, IRS needs a court order to share returns with law enforcement (IRC Section 6103(i)(1)).

But yeah...this seems like maybe not a super great solution...

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