It's the law, it'll be written by a billion lawyers who consider edge cases like this and this little comic will apply.
Again. This is literally what law is all about. All existing law was created from baselines like these, and this is a very very poor excuse to refuse to regulate a massive and dangerous industry.
Refusing the ability for the government to absorb the data of big tech is not empowering them, it's weakening them.
There are always severe consequences, there are severe consequences if thhe status quo remains as is, there are severe consequences if the status quo changes
We have got banking privacy regulations through the world, we have got religious and government split laws through the world. These both work and are needed
It is due time big tech becomes split from explicit government interference with political aims and goals as shown on the Twitter Papers. This NSA bullshit is also not acceptable