«I’m personally not a big fan of regulation because sometimes regulation can have unexpected consequences to it, however I think this certain situation is so dire, and has become so large, that probably some well-crafted regulation is necessary»
Source : Apple, IBM chiefs call for more data oversight after Facebook breach
«The European Commission is drafting a new regulation specifically targeting online platforms such as e-commerce sites, app stores and search engines that will require the companies to be more transparent about how they rank search results and why they delist some services. The proposal seeks to address potentially harmful trading practices by online platforms and a lack of effective redress mechanisms for smaller businesses that use them to reach consumers».
«Bien que la désinformation soit clairement un problème, son échelle et son influence, ainsi que ceux qui la propagent et l’amplifient n’ont pas été suffisamment étudiés ou examinés. Sans cette base empirique, aucune action concrète ne devrait être prise au-delà d’autres initiatives de recherche et d’éducation, à condition qu’elles soient clairement évaluées».
Source : Six points clés du rapport de la Commission européenne sur la désinformation
«One of Andrew Keen most intriguing arguments compares the power of the US tech giants today and the motor industry in the 1950s. At that time, the big three US manufacturers, Ford, GM and Chrysler, were busily churning out flashy and popular cars and controlled 96 per cent of the US market between them. Then in 1965 a young lawyer named Ralph Nader wrote Unsafe at Any Speed, assailing the car manufacturers for turning out lethal products that prioritised style over safety and created carnage on the country’s roads».
Source : The utopia project: can Silicon Valley fix the future?
«Je dresse un constat d’échec sur le droit de la concurrence en Europe. Sur le fond, la Commission ne fait que du “damage control” [elle se contente de limiter les dégâts]. Sur la longueur des procédures, quand je vois que des procédures prennent sept ans, je dis : “Rentrez chez vous” » – Sébastien Soriano – Arcep.
Source : Le Conseil national du numérique lance un débat public sur la régulation des plates-formes
The environmental and public health cost of VW’s fraud is significant, but it’s easy to imagine industries and scenarios where it’d be much worse. Perhaps the best we can hope for is that the avoidance of regulatory frameworks on Internet of Things won’t have the kind of occasional systemic impact that large-scale financial misconduct has accustomed us to.
Source : The price of the Internet of Things will be a vague dread of a malicious world
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