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Re:EU’s War on Behavioral Advertising by tomComb on Friday August 25, 2023 @12:54PM (#37264018)
I’m no fan of the power of big tech, well, except when it involves standing fast against the blatant political corruption of a government devising a bizarre and nonsensical law to funnel money to their corporate buddies (according to PBO analysis the most money goes to bell, rogers and Shaw).

Yes, Canada should develop strong privacy and competition laws, but I’ve lost hope that they wouldn’t just be whatever serves the interests of our local oligopolies.

Re:EU’s War on Behavioral Advertising by goodpoint on Friday August 25, 2023 @05:45PM (#37267411)
Big companies are not standing against corruption. They are the ones pushing the biggest envelopes.
Re:EU’s War on Behavioral Advertising by tomComb on Friday August 25, 2023 @09:05PM (#37268949)
Their influence (and the size of their envelopes) is puny here compared to our telecoms.
Re:EU’s War on Behavioral Advertising by goodpoint on Saturday August 26, 2023 @04:21PM (#37276514)
No: GAFAMs are massively wealthy and powerful, also telecoms are big companies as well.