The U.S. yet yet to pass even a basic internet-era privacy law — or regulate data brokers. And while there’s a lot of misdirection and pretense to the contrary, the primary reason is (1…

The U.S. yet yet to pass even a basic internet-era privacy law — or regulate data brokers. And while there’s a lot of misdirection and pretense to the contrary, the primary reason is (1) because the U.S. government is too corrupt; and (2) because the U.S. government really enjoys being able to purchase massive amounts of sensitive citizen data from data brokers without having to get a pesky warrant.

    • big_slap@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      but sadly most Democrats also voted for this.

      hmm, i think you are wrong. while Republicans and democrats both had their hands in crafting this law, when it was time to vote for the final law to be passed by the house, most republican reps voted for in favor for it. check out chatgpts’ third citation in my comment"

      unless I am misinterpreting this data, this was widely voted for by Republicans to pass and not by democrats, right?