• ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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    9 months ago

    The point is that companies like Google and Facebook do the same data harvesting and manipulation but aren’t being held to the same standard. The law is clearly written to benefit the US government not the citizens, while the justification is stated to be ‘for the benefit of the citizens.’ It’s like buying your wife a lawn tractor for her birthday even though you know she has no interest in using one. You’re claiming it’s for her but it’s really for you.

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      9 months ago

      The lawn tractor was for my wife’s boyfriend actually, but thanks for just assuming I was being selfish.