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So it's time for our EU politicians to step up then....
Hey, US, where are you in this? We need you guys to get on board with the right to privacy...
HAHAHAHA
...we can't even get corporate money out of campaign finances...
US government here, we buy the data from parties like Meta to save on the costs of surveillance and to get around laws that prevent us from spying on citizens. It's not in our interest to legislate restrictions
Consumer protection is not on our political radar. Maybe California will do something.