Opinion piece on The Register: The planet survived six hours without Facebook. Let's make it longer next time
tl;dr: Unlike the state-owned telcos of the 1950s, IBM of the 1960s, and Microsoft of the 1990s, Facebook is not an essential service. And all of those essential services were opened up and brought under regulation.
tl;dr: Unlike the state-owned telcos of the 1950s, IBM of the 1960s, and Microsoft of the 1990s, Facebook is not an essential service. And all of those essential services were opened up and brought under regulation.
Quote:Unlike Microsoft, Amazon and Google, unlike the telcos and IBM, Facebook provides no essential services to business or state. Quite the opposite – it threatens, and it has money, but it has no leverage.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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Boycotting all products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to threaten to annex my native country.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Boycotting all products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to threaten to annex my native country.
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
Government of Canada: Claiming refugee protection (asylum) from within Canada