StrypeyApr 17, 2019

Remember #YashaLevin's muckraking in the #Baffler on the #EFF and its supposed close ties with Big Tech corporations? Here's how real journalists cover the Silicon Valley lobbying front groups.
https://theintercept.com/2019/04/16/consumer-privacy-laws-california/

Please note, no mention of the EFF. Who were the sources for Levine's hit piece? Perhaps people from some of the organizations mentioned in this story, trying to muddy the waters?

Silicon Valley-Funded Privacy Think Tanks Fight in D.C. to Unravel State-Level Consumer Privacy Protections

Silicon Valley-funded privacy think tanks’ positions on a federal online privacy bill mirror the tech industry’s lobbying priorities.

Show threadStrypeyJan 19, 2019
@alcinnz it also gives muckrakers like #YashaLevin ammunition to use against EFF (for reasons I'm still trying to figure out):
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/all-effd-up-levine
@aral @Shamar
All EFF’d Up | Yasha Levine

The lords of the internet care very little about user privacy—what they want to preserve, is their own commercial license against government regulation of any kind.

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