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It’s mind boggling that in the UK there’s a law that says: > “A plank of wood must not be carried along a pavement. It can only be moved if it is being unloaded from a vehicle or taken into a building.” But big tech cannot be regulated at all. We used to regulate any minor thing that was annoying enough, but a whole industry spying and prying on the whole population is fine.
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> But big tech cannot be regulated at all. It cannot be regulated because we let dollar/capital rise above political authority.
> “A plank of wood must not be carried along a pavement. It can only be moved if it is being unloaded from a vehicle or taken into a building.” Is that a good law or is it a barnacle? Is it enforced in the UK?
Your cavalier anti plank control attitude is what’s wrong with Americans
Big tech isn't being regulated? There's increasingly privacy related laws, both in the US and abroad, that directly affect them. How many times a year do we read about Big Tech being issued 9-10 figure fines? One could state that they're not regulated enough, but to say they're unregulated is just false. > We used to regulate any minor thing that was annoying enough Your example is a good reason why that approach was foolish.
Is that a thing? I ask because I and my best friend have vivid memories of my step dad, who used to be a postman, cycling home from town with 4 - 5m timbers under one arm. This would have been late 80s/early 90s. He’d call out and wave to people he knew with his “free” hand as he passed as well. If even moving a plank of wood is illegal I can’t imagine how he got away with that, unmolested by plod, for so many years.