The U.S. yet yet to pass even a basic internet-era privacy law — or regulate data brokers. And while there’s a lot of misdirection and pretense to the contrary, the primary reason is (1) because the U.S. government is too corrupt; and (2) because the U.S. government really enjoys being able to purchase massive amounts of sensitive citizen data from data brokers without having to get a pesky warrant.
i asked chatgpt:
The House of Representatives passed H. Res. 597, which set the terms for debating H.R. 3935 and H.R. 3941, by a vote of 213-206. This vote determined the rules under which these bills would be considered on the House floor. Below are some of the representatives who voted in favor (Aye) of this resolution:
These votes were essential for moving forward with the consideration of the two bills mentioned. You can find the complete list of those who voted in favor on the official House Clerk’s website [❞] [❞] [❞].
then, I dug a bit further, and yes, majority of people saying yes to this are Republicans. what a shocker 🙄
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hmm, i think you are wrong. while Republicans and democrats both had their hands in crafting this law, when it was time to vote for the final law to be passed by the house, most republican reps voted for in favor for it. check out chatgpts’ third citation in my comment"
unless I am misinterpreting this data, this was widely voted for by Republicans to pass and not by democrats, right?
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Oh ok it was the normal trash lol