This is going to break on the rocks of what "your data" is. What makes social network sites so prone to monopoly is that they store information about relationships between people. The idea that you can carve this up and give each person 'their' piece is easy until you attempt it.https://twitter.com/kellymakena/status/1186673238971224065 …
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To put it in non-tech terms, all of us are privy to extraordinarily personal and sensitive information about our loved ones. That information lives in our heads, so it's about as much 'ours' as anything can be. But it does not belong to us.
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@zeynep puts it more succinctly, privacy is social. The "your data belongs to you" framing is harmful in so many ways, and cuts off much better avenues of reform.2 replies 12 retweets 32 likesShow this thread -
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I wrote a thing a while ago about a better approach to consumer data regulation, treating privacy as a public good https://idlewords.com/2019/06/the_new_wilderness.htm …
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