It passed a week after the TikTok divestment bill.
How about banning the sale of personal data, full stop?
House passes bill to prevent the sale of personal data to foreign adversaries
Submitted 8 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/20/24106991/house-data-broker-foreign-adversaries-bill-passes
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ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hildegarde@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Because that would be effective.
The house doesn’t care about americans or effective governance. Domestic adversaries are of far more consequence to americans.
snooggums@midwest.social 8 months ago
Why would they stop the easy way around needing warrants to spy on citizens?
kaboom36@ani.social 8 months ago
Its a step closer at least
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 8 months ago
or even better: Their collection
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Good news for Americans.
extant@lemmy.world 8 months ago
More like good news for foreign non-adversarial middlemen who have no problem selling it to those nations for a cut. If you don’t prevent the data collection from taking place it will still get passed around.