![“Social Networks and Statehood: The Future Is Another Country”:
In some ways, it might seem absurd to call Facebook a state and Mr. Zuckerberg its governor. It has no land to defend; no police to enforce law and order; it does not have subjects, bound by a clear cluster of rights, obligations and cultural signals. […]
But many web-watchers do detect country-like features in Facebook. “[It] is a device that allows people to get together and control their own destiny, much like a nation-state,” says David Post, a law professor at Temple University.
Editor’s Note: Facebook is now the third-largest ‘country’ in the world when measured by population.](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6sf75cUAU1qbg2gho1_500.jpg)
“Social Networks and Statehood: The Future Is Another Country”:
In some ways, it might seem absurd to call Facebook a state and Mr. Zuckerberg its governor. It has no land to defend; no police to enforce law and order; it does not have subjects, bound by a clear cluster of rights, obligations and cultural signals. […]
But many web-watchers do detect country-like features in Facebook. “[It] is a device that allows people to get together and control their own destiny, much like a nation-state,” says David Post, a law professor at Temple University.
Editor’s Note: Facebook is now the third-largest ‘country’ in the world when measured by population.
