3 Huge Tech Companies Endorse Bill That Could Wipe Abortion Info From the Internet.::The misleadingly-named Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) just got a boost from Silicon Valley.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    40
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    9 months ago

    I think big tech companies are trying to figure out which side of politics they need to kiss ass on so that they can continue unfettered growth.

    • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      34
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      Don’t fool yourself, they own both sides. The only difference is that each special interest will pick a side to publicly donate to, and then funnel dark money to the other - gotta cover those bases.

      Big Tech is pro-regulation at this point, at least the regulations that make the cost of entry for new companies prohibitively expensive.

      • fidodo@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        9 months ago

        No, they don’t kiss up to parties, the parties kiss up to them. They want this so they can force users to hand over PII and let them track them to access content.

        • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          9 months ago

          Companies handle/hand over PII, not users.

          I never said anything about kissing up, I said donations/bribes.