17-04-2019 17:22 via technocracy.news

Big Tech Lobbyists Fighting States Over Citizen Privacy Protection

Technocrats within Big Tech are pouring money into lobby groups to throw the proverbial monkey wrench into state laws that hope to protect citizens’ privacy over their own data. Congressional legislation and Federal rule-making is totally dominated by these same industry lobbyists. ⁃ TN EditorAfter years of ignoring the issue, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are suddenly engaged in a furious fight over enacting national legislation to establish basic online privacy rights for consumers. As
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