Politicians Who Refuse To Stop Big Tech’s Rabid Data Mining Are Complicit In Tyranny

January 4, 2008 the EU fined Meta (Facebook) $414 million Illegally forcing Facebook and Instagram users into consenting to personalized ads that are based on data collection Facebook continues to deny consent. This law was the 2018 General Data Protection Regulation.GDPR(), which is the most restrictive privacy and security law anywhere in the world. The 1950 Constitution guarantees privacy rights. European Convention on Human RightsThe state of, “Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.”

Just before this, in November of last year Google agreed to pay nearly $392 million A settlement was reached with 40 states and an Arizona settlement of $85 million. It covered allegations that Google had tracked individuals using their phones after they turned off location tracking. Google was not penalized for violating U.S. privacy laws. These laws are much weaker than the GDPR. Instead, they were charged with violating consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about when it secretly tracked their movements and then sold the data to digital marketers for advertising.

“For years Google has prioritized profit over their users’ privacy,” said Ellen Rosenblum is Oregon’s Attorney General. “They have been crafty and deceptive.”

According to The MarkupFacebook was also exposed recently for using tax filing platforms such as H&R Block and TaxAct to obtain sensitive financial information from Americans who file their taxes online.

Why would Facebook and Google go so far to spy on customers? These companies have a business model heavily based upon targeted advertising, which is more profitable if they know everything you do. According to StatistaIn 2021, Google earned $209.5 billion in digital advertising, while Facebook generated over $114 billion. If Facebook had to make it possible for users to opt-out of personalized ads they would be a major success. says The New York TimesIt could also lead to many users opting out, which could be a problem. “cut off one of the most valuable parts of Meta’s business.”

Privacy is not a taboo topic. Why should data collection be a concern if it is not necessary? “nothing to hide?” Unconstrained collection, analysis, use, and use personally identifiable information has also allowed for political harassment, censorship, and persecution of conservatives, by left-leaning businesses such as Google, Facebook, or many others. If the Republican Party is to survive Big Tech Targeting, privacy legislation will be a necessity.

The Founding Fathers Understand Privacy

The Fourth Amendment was created by the founders and leaders of this nation because they believed that privacy violations would allow for tyrannical behavior. Privacy concerns today are largely about information that is gathered by and used by private companies. The Fourth Amendment applies if unreasonable data collection is equated with unreasonable search or seizure.

The structure and language of the Fourth Amendment were largely unchanged. primarily the work of John Adams. Privacy was actually considered

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