• WhatsThePoint@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Reading the bill further - it does mention the banning of the sale of American’s data to foreign adversaries enforceable by the FCC. That language does sound like a ban on data brokers selling to China too. It will be difficult to enforce with shell corporations and non-adversary country’s corporations who may partner with Chinese companies, but the language seems to be there. Be interesting to see how this plays out.

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      6 months ago

      Foreign adversaries. What’s to stop them from selling to an ally and the ally re-selling that data?

      If they’re this concerned they need to ban data brokers in general. And enforce those bans.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      That was already a law. Facebook is being sued for it right now by the government after getting caught doing it multiple times over the last 15ish years.