The draft proposal is expected to face opposition from Democrats wanting a higher ceiling for federal data protection.
The draft would not allow individuals to sue companies for violating their privacy rights, potentially limiting enforcement to government regulators such as state attorneys general or the Federal Trade Commission.
The two people said the draft would require companies to obtain consent before collecting sensitive data such as health information, location data, biometric information and most data belonging to children under 13.
The proposal would also include new language on kids’ online safety, according to the person who saw the draft. Democrats fought House Republicans’
What do you think ? A genuine advance or a minimal law to override existing state privacy laws?
So some nominal protections while also taking away any actual ability to enforce these protections. America has decayed and the tech barons are ripping the copper wiring out of the house to pay for their next high.
I also feel like reality in the US as a body is in this unusual and abnormal fugue state where the host body knows it but would rather continue being in it than face sobriety at risk of withdrawal actually killing them acting as the natural whiplash.
Not sure if that makes sense but that’s how this fever dream feels. The apathy, idiocracy, and numbing from the hopelessness that which should have been a revolution is beyond demoralizing.
Nuclear WMDs won’t kill humanity, its own stupidity will.
I understand where your feelings are coming from, but you aren’t as alone in your thinking as you might feel. I don’t live in a particularly partisan area, and there are plenty of people around me who are disgusted/horrified at what is happening.
Best advice I can give is to vote, protest when able, and otherwise focus on your local community. Try to cooperate with others to make it more resilient in the face of our multiple mounting crises.
I hope that helps. It has helped me feel hopeful for the future of the people I care about.
