FTC: Vast Surveillance of Users by Social Media and Video Streaming Companies
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#4This portion is particularly problematic:
> many companies engaged in broad data sharing that raises serious concerns regarding the adequacy of the companies’ data handling controls and oversight.
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#5I love the cognitive dissonance on display within the federal government.
One arm: "everyone is a criminal; spy on everyone"
Other arm: "hey you shouldn't really harvest all of that data"
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#6Behind the ball by 15 years to start taking this seriously and beginning to think about pushing back, but better late than never.
Next please reign in the CRAs.
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> People criticize the clunky attempts by the EU to reign this in, and yes I agree the execution leaves much to be desired. It's still vastly better than the complete laissez-faire approach of the US authorities.
This is kind of weird as a response to a report by a US regulatory agency that is making specific policy requests for legislation to address this.
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#8I love the cognitive dissonance on display within the federal government. One arm: "everyone is a criminal; spy on everyone" Other arm: "hey you shouldn't really harvest all of that data"
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> People criticize the clunky attempts by the EU to reign this in, and yes I agree the execution leaves much to be desired. It's still vastly better than the complete laissez-faire approach of the US authorities. This is kind of weird as a response to a report by a US regulatory agency that is making specific policy requests for legislation to address this.
Apologies I was unclear: I'm not criticizing this report, I'm criticizing the lack of action over the past decade or so.