It's more-so political opportunism. Numerous politicians are being bankrolled by data collection industries, speech control affiliates, and security firms. And both sides have been gobbling up that cash for a long time.
"Patel called for expanding surveillance partnerships between the government and private tech companies, including gaming and social media platforms.
“There is no way to triage the amount of information generated on these sites by the FBI alone,” Patel said.
He advocated renewing a law that allows companies to report users to the FBI without fear of liability, framing this corporate-government alliance as essential to national security."
And additionally, they're (unsurprisingly) using recent events as another excuse to push Digital ID's and KOSA too.
It's more-so political opportunism. Numerous politicians are being bankrolled by data collection industries, speech control affiliates, and security firms. And both sides have been gobbling up that cash for a long time.
https://reclaimthenet.org/push-to-dismantle-section-230-expand-online-surveillance
And additionally, they're (unsurprisingly) using recent events as another excuse to push Digital ID's and KOSA too.