Friend portability is the must-have Facebook regulation

Choice for customers compels truthful remedy via firms. When other people can simply transfer to a competitor, it creates a herbal marketplace dynamic coercing a industry to behave proper. When we will be able to’t, different rules simply go away us trapped with a pig in a contemporary coat of lipstick. That’s why as th…
Choice for consumers compels fair treatment by corporations. When people can easily move to a competitor, it creates a natural market dynamic coercing a business to act right. When we can’t, other regulations just leave us trapped with a pig in a fresh coat of lipstick. That’s why as th…Original article
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  2. "Facebook is suffering from a massive bug in its News Feed spam filter, causing URLs to legitimate websites including Medium, Buzzfeed, and USA Today to be blocked from being shared as posts or comments". (March 18, 2020)
  3. "Are we really doing this again? After the pivot to video. After Instant Articles. After news was deleted from the News Feed. Once more, Facebook dangles extra traffic, and journalism outlets leap through its hoop and into its cage. Tomorrow, Facebook will unveil its News tab". (October 25, 2019)
  4. "After eBay, Visa, Stripe and other high-profile partners ditched the Facebook -backed cryptocurrency collective, Libra scored a win today with the addition of Shopify". (February 21, 2020)
  5. "Facebook wants more people to know it owns Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus while still maintaining a distinct identity for its main app". (November 4, 2019)
  6. "Facebook plans to challenge Europe’s top court, which today ruled that EU countries can order Facebook to globally remove content that violates local laws". (October 4, 2019)
  7. "There’s a strategic cost to the defection of Visa, Stripe, eBay, and more from the Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra Association. They’re not just names dropping off a list. Each potentially made Libra more useful, ubiquitous, or reputable". (October 13, 2019)
  8. "Facebook may make it easier to escape its ranking algorithm and explore the News Feed in different formats". (February 18, 2020)
  9. "Shareholders have repeatedly tried to oust Facebooks chairman Mark Zuckerberg. The board has repeatedly rejected that demand. Outside investors are unlikely to get much help with that push from Facebooks newest board member: Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston". (February 3, 2020)
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