This position holds that the answer to the Cambridge Analytica scandal is to regulate Facebook rather than boycott it. It argues that, like any business that grows too powerful, Facebook should be reined in—treated almost as a public utility and regulated to protect users' data.
Supporting arguments · 2
- Facebook is a UtilityJust like power and water, it's time to have the government take ownership for the public good.
- We should regulate Facebook to protect the public's dataIn the same way that the European Union has begun to protect users' data rights with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it is time for the US to regulate big tech as well. Data rights and privacy must be protected by the state.