The data-privacy bill passed Wednesday, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, H.R. 7520, is highly targeted: It prevents any companies considered data brokers — third-party buyers and sellers of personal information — from selling that information to China, Russia or other “foreign adversaries.”
The data law passed the House on Wednesday, 414-0
6 Comments
Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net · 23 pts · 2y
414-0?
Congress can't agree that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, but this gets a unanimous vote?
I think they got some classified info we didn't
homura1650@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
This is not a privacy bill. Anyone referring to it as a privacy bill is lying. Not even the bill title claims to be about privacy. It is the "Protecting Americans’4 Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024".
Kbobabob@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Does that not create a layer of privacy?
Boddhisatva@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
leanleft@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
even if politicians change their tune and seem to want to be more privacy conscious..
we should hold their feet to the fire.
make sure they have 110% followthrough across all platforms. not just a one-off to diss tiktok.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Imagine a landmark privacy bill that's basically the US screaming "Only we're allowed to harvest our citizens private information" and then imagine being expected to be happy about it.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
If you don't want your bills to be overshadowed by bullshit, stop passing bullshit.