1 Comment

If you want to comment on this post, you need to login.

• comment Thomas Palsbjørn-Pedersen • Nov 27, 2017

  Normally being on the side of more regulation of the big players, I'm very concerned that this will lead to a Facebook and Google regime over our news-reading habits etc.
  My concern is that the necessity to get consent from users will be impossible for the small players, so not only will it lead to consolidation to a few major players - it is even more likely that all other news outlets will be forced to publish their data through Facebook and Google as portals. Essentially, this will render those 2 as the monopolized content controllers of all news. 
  My concern is based on what Amazon Marketplace has essentially meant for online sales - it sucks up all competition and forces others to sell through their portal, while keeping data for themselves.
  The dystopian result is in my mind the most likely result - since it will be "easy" for Google and Facebook to just get consent once, whereas the media can't get everyone to sign up for paid services.