“TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data harvesting being combined with Beijing’s apparently unchecked access to that sensitive data.” – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
This is true.
Now replace TikTok with Facebook, Snapchat, <insert Silicon Valley Big Tech corporation or startup here> and Beijing with Washington, DC and…
This is also true.
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#peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #humanRights #democracy
H.R. 8152 is on the right track, covering affirmative consent to data collection and plain language disclosure of what the use of the data will be.
It's up to the people, especially the American public, to hold Congress accountable to get it passed.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8152
@Shawn_barratt@phpc.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al One can only hope … but our policymakers are too caught up in stuff that doesn’t interest or concern us.
