Like the history of electricity generation, data processing has become centralised, so shouldn’t it be regulated in the same way?
The information that you needed to complete a task with your computer used to be stored on the device itself. This storage was very limited and expensive.
Now, much of the information we need and take for granted is stored on millions of networked computers that can be accessed over the internet by your connected computer or smartphone. This privately owned internet available storage is called the “Cloud”.
This article by Guardian writer John Naughton asks if this service that is so essential to modern life now should be regulated as centralized electrical power has been.