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> When an industry drops the ball and responds pedantically, that's a strong sign that further regulation is needed. If only to force a common language.

We already have plenty of regulation here that Facebook is unambiguously subject to; the question is whether the relevant authorities will actually follow through on that.

For what it's worth, it's been two days, and we're already seeing an FTC investigation and a Congressional investigation, so it's a little premature to conclude that existing regulation is insufficient.



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