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Re:TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and v... by bombcar on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:05AM (#31921209)
And today we hear: FCC Commissioner Calls for Apple and Google to Ban TikTok Over 'Surreptitious' Data Practices

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31921200

Re:TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and v... by guessbest on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:33AM (#31921609)
Unfortunately regulating tech companies is politically untenable since he was nominated by the previous administration. They will replace him with someone who will toe the line.

> Commissioner Carr was nominated to the FCC by President Trump and confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate.

https://www.fcc.gov/about/leadership/brendan-carr

> His term runs from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2023.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Carr_(lawyer)

Re:TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and v... by bombcar on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:57AM (#31921975)
The Senate did something unanimously under Trump?
Re:TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and v... by _-david-_ on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:38PM (#31924777)
Multiple things were done unanimously. In 2020, several nominations along with H.R. 748. Some senators did abstain from voting, but every senator who voted did vote yes.
Re:TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and v... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @07:13PM (#31926890)
Yep. The issue is that unanimous votes on boring issues don’t make headlines. It’s a lot easier to make an us vs. them article successful.