News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than TikTok. Parent comment

Re:America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than Ti... by henrikschroder on Friday March 24, 2023 @02:37PM (#35293577)
They're not bribing US politicians, which is why there is now unprecedented "bipartisan" support for banning TikTok, because we need to protect the children or not.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than Ti... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Friday March 24, 2023 @02:45PM (#35293695)
> Tiktok's lobbying tops $5.4M in 2022 as it brings its charm offensive to Congress

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165249928/tiktok-congress-he...

Their head lobbyist (Michael Beckerman) was seated right behind the CEO during testimony. He leads their government relations office in DC.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than Ti... by RobotToaster on Friday March 24, 2023 @03:24PM (#35294198)
That's a quarter of what meta/facebook spends, I guess tiktok cheaped out on the politicians they bought.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than Ti... by rchaud on Saturday March 25, 2023 @06:32PM (#35308198)
Politicians can pick and choose who to offer their venality to. Not a lot to be gained politically from shilling for a Chinese corporation.
[ Parent | on HN ]