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The tech industry is lobbying for federal data & privacy regulation that is friendly to the tech industry, but hostile to users' interests

Posted by demifiend
Tags: privacy, data, capitalism.surveillance, silicon valley, regulation, legislation, tech industry, lobbying, usa, author.cecilia kang, source.the new york times, paywall.soft
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/technology/tech-industry-federal-privacy-law.html

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Title
Tech Industry Pursues a Federal Privacy Law, on Its Own Terms
Published
Aug 26 2018
Word count
1471 words

4 comments

  1. demifiend
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    Here's the original New York Times headline for anybody interested: "Tech Industry Pursues a Federal Privacy Law, on Its Own Terms".

    Here's the original New York Times headline for anybody interested: "Tech Industry Pursues a Federal Privacy Law, on Its Own Terms".

    4 votes
  2. [3]
    jlpoole
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    You'd think with many of these companies having a strong if not "founding" presence within California that the laws in California would reflect something favorable to their local children, e.g....

    It would overrule the California law and instead put into place a kinder set of rules that would give the companies wide leeway over how personal digital information was handled.

    You'd think with many of these companies having a strong if not "founding" presence within California that the laws in California would reflect something favorable to their local children, e.g. Facebook and Google.

    2 votes
    1. [2]
      demifiend
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      Apparently there are legislators in CA who understand their duty toward their constituents.

      Apparently there are legislators in CA who understand their duty toward their constituents.

      2 votes
      1. Gaywallet
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        One of the benefits of having tech here, is that the people understand tech and therefore vote for legislators that understand tech. We're also not above hiring experts and actually listening to...

        One of the benefits of having tech here, is that the people understand tech and therefore vote for legislators that understand tech.

        We're also not above hiring experts and actually listening to them when proposing law.

        2 votes