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Re:Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photo... by toomuchtodo on Saturday May 07, 2016 @08:18PM (#11652012)
It doesn't cost anything to enact legislation. Congress is a sunk cost.
Re:Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photo... by Spooky23 on Saturday May 07, 2016 @11:49PM (#11652524)
Funny.

Congress cannot afford the lawyers needed to write that kind of legislation. The lobbyists write the laws they advocate for.

Re:Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photo... by toomuchtodo on Sunday May 08, 2016 @12:12AM (#11652579)
Strangely enough, Elizabeth Warren was able to put together comprehensive legislation to work towards ending Intuit's (to name the largest offender) corporate welfare [1] in the tax prep software space. Or is there an anti-private corporation/pro IRS tax prep lobbyist I'm missing?

[1] https://www.warren.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1110

Re:Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photo... by Spooky23 on Sunday May 08, 2016 @09:52AM (#11654059)
I don't follow the sausagemaking process in DC, so I don't precisely know in that instance, but my guess would be a public advocacy group.

In my state legislature, which I follow, it's really common for various groups to write sample legislation. Everything from duck habitat preservation to open source software.