US Congress Report Calls for Privacy Reforms After FBI Surveillance ‘Abuses’
WiredAUG 2023
Bipartisan Data Privacy Bill Proposed in Congress
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The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
With over a dozen US states and the European Union (EU) having passed their own privacy laws, Congress is finally acting on this paramount issue. Notably, unlike most state laws in effect, the bill would allow consumers to sue tech companies for violating the terms of the legislation. This topic is too great to be dealt with at the state political level — a topic of such national importance must be addressed federally.
Establishment-critical narrative
Congress has no real desire to pass data regulations on American tech companies. As was shown by the Twitter Files, the government is very close to Big Tech, to the point where Silicon Valley's most powerful firms censor whoever the intelligence agencies ask them to. Americans shouldn't expect their data to be protected, instead they should only anticipate further crackdowns on dissenting opinions.