https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/02/was-there-a-trojan-horse...
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We need new Laws clarifying what is Attention Theft, treating Attention as a finite resource and specifying rules for Attention Allocation. Just like with Spectrum Allocation.
Taking too long for this to happen cuz law makers are all addicted or dependent on Social Media. But as more chaos monkeys are propped up by Social Medias Attention Allocation systems pressure shall build.
A thought-provoking phrasing, but I don't think it's gonna fly in any remotely literal sense. Especially when it starts to intersect with political messaging, which has both additional legal protections (in the US and many other countries) as well as hits closer to home for politicians making laws and regulations.
It would take some pretty tortured reasoning from Facebook to argue that it was a hacking tool--although I wouldn't be surprised if they tried.