Privacy laws implemented now would undermine the profitability of "structurally significant" US companies and restrict the flow of data from these private entities to government entities, and thus would likely be seen as a threat to national security.
Privacy laws are dead almost before they're even conceived.
It would also create a very large spike in unemployment. I can't imagine how many jobs would be lost if the tech industry could no longer spy on the internet.
agreed, look at the top comment thread, its full of political discussions about why its okay for one country to do something but not the other...
The real solution is that we should all have privacy. Encoded in law, with serious penalties. and that no country should be able to do what is described.
How long do you think such a sweeping privacy law would take to plan, write, and pass? Do you think they'd get it right? What might the fallout of such a law be?
It will take couple years, but many global companies have already faced that with Europe's GDPR legislation. Only problem with GDPR is, that fines seems to be too low.
Privacy laws are dead almost before they're even conceived.
It would also create a very large spike in unemployment. I can't imagine how many jobs would be lost if the tech industry could no longer spy on the internet.
I can dream though.