Consumer Groups Want To Break Up Facebook's Monopoly

[Olle P]

* Want to comment on an article in a web magazine? Do it in the corresponding FB thread!

Because most major publications don't have their own online site?

No, you read the article on their own site. It's the commenting function that has moved to FB because the publishers don't want to have the responsibility to handle moderation of any comments.

* Want to know what your colleagues are up to? ...

Because most people don't understand proper privacy when it comes to social media?

No, we have a "closed" group for the colleagues.

... not everyone has the FB app, and not all that do have it set to notify in that manner. ...

... which is the reason for just about everybody.
To me it seems like "only" some 90% of everybody (excluding kids <10yo) has smartphones used that way. (I'm one of those deviating 10% myself.)

I'm not arguing that the (near) total reliance on FB is a good thing, just that it's my reality and something to be considered.

... everything that can be misused will be misused, sooner or later.

And that's a good reason not to give the US government more power, through more regulations.

I agree to 50%:
Not give the US government more power (in terms of data surveillance and collection), yes!
But more regulations are needed to prevent anybody from having such powers. To me it's no better if individual private companies are given this type of power.