Sen. Josh Hawley is rebuking the Federal Trade Commission, accusing it of failing to take decisive action against tech companies for violating their users’ privacy repeatedly over the past year. By Tony Romm Tony Romm Staff writer covering technology policy Email Bio Follow March 11 at 8:00 AM Republican Sen.
With Google, meanwhile, Hawley charged that the search giant had “consistently misinformed users about its use of geolocation data,” at times collecting that information from Android smartphones even when device owners thought they had disabled the tracking of their whereabouts. "These companies have failed us. Washington has failed us. The FTC has a special role to play, but it too has failed us,” Hawley said.
More than a century old, the FTC serves as the U.S. government’s de facto privacy cop because of its mandate to police businesses for unfair or deceptive acts and practices. In recent months, the agency has taken action on issues including children’s privacy, levying a fine against the social app now known as TikTok, and it created a special task force to oversee competition in the tech industry. A spokesman for the FTC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Did somebody forget to cut a check?
Aw, what a power play.. I wonder if he's this intense with his colleagues when they're circling the Anti-Corruption Amendment the voters just passed 🙃
Interesting. Hawley is a trump nut. Why does he care? Oh, yeah - pushback from his state.
How about the 'toothless' GOP response to Russian hacking and their propagation of fake news on social media during the 2016 elections? No comment?
Gov't is worse that fbook/google. And you pinkos want a bigger gov't
The Feds have fangs with venom when used propitiously or when instructed properly.
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DOJ can pursue lawsuits for violating freedom of speech. It is a free broadcasting site that admits their are biased and censure while taking money to promote certain causes; shadow banning or banning commentary they don't like.
GOP Senator Josh Hawley would like to continue to be GOP Senator Josh Hawley, so he needs to do at least some kowtowing in public for at least some issues that are so blindingly obviously wrong...
Something something broken clock.
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