Ad firm plans to use people's data in a maneuver to sink data privacy bill
www.politico.com
Internal emails highlight how an advertising company can use its in-house resources to oppose public policy proposals.

Internal emails highlight how an advertising company can use its in-house resources to oppose public policy proposals.

One of the world’s largest advertising firms is crafting a campaign to thwart a California bill intended to enhance people’s control over the data that companies collect on them.

According to emails obtained by POLITICO, the Interpublic Group is coordinating an effort against a bill that would make it easier for people to request that data brokers — firms that collect and sell personal information — delete their dossiers.

    • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I was indeed arguing that some people are born that way. Can you link me to some research saying otherwise?

      I’m thinking of those types of people who hurt animals as a child and grew up to be serial killers.

        • SoylentBlake@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Mate’s work is like a poultice on our souls capitalist infection.

          Listening to him speaking some of his work on YouTube has literally brought me to tears.

          Like the phrase, “feeling good is good enough”, just being told it’s ok to simply exist, that existing for existence sake is good enough. Something so simple, but capitalism whittles that away from you before you even hit your 20s.

        • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          My evidence is extremely anecdotal, but generally speaking, the people I meet whi care more about other people make less money, and the people who care less about people make more money.

          Children (at least in the US) are generally taught that “sharing is caring,” and yet you still see children who don’t share, along with children who do share. Regardless of this, though, I think that sharing is in our nature as humans, since what set humans apart from neanderthals is our comradery and need for socialization. There’s a reason that sociopathy is considered a disorder in our society (even though I think the term disorder is overused).

          Genetic expressions can certainly change due to environmental factors, but only so much. There are probably a decent amount of people who were affected by capitalistic nurture into having more sociopathic tendencies (like, they were on some kind of line where it could’ve gone either way), but I also think that there are many people who regardless of nurture, still care about other people.

          In a theoretical society that rewards caring about people, I think there would be a number of people who have purely selfish intentions who would do good things for other people purely to get ahead in life, just like those same people in capitalism would step on top of other people to get ahead in life. In this specific case, I think intentions speak more than actions.

          Of course, intentions aren’t exactly something that can be measured, especially if people are dishonest about them.

            • uphillbothways@kbin.social
              2·
              1 year ago

              “I tried finding a study but everything I found was paywalled.”

              Fucking priceless. The entire conversation in a single throw away line. Well done. 👏

            • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Use sci-hub for paywalled research articles.

              Fascinating that smoking while pregnant and heavy metal poisoning can lead to psychopathy. I wonder if that 50% number is true for all humans.

                • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  How do we know that people with those genes who behave in a less/not-sociopathic way are not masking their intentions? Just because they don’t behave in a sociopathic way doesn’t mean they don’t potentially want to.