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by api 1008 days ago
That’d be pretty hard to get passed since not only does the government buy this data but political campaigns are massive customers. Every political party in the world is leveraging microtargeting now.

It would require a really huge uproar, boycotts, lawsuits, and a wide spectrum movement.

Hard to get that together in a world where political consciousness is constantly trapped in the tar pit of culture war trolling. The culture war pretty much guarantees no other issues can sway elections.

…and of course all that data driven microtargeting is used to drive culture war rage trolling to keep things this way. They know exactly what will make you mad, and thus distract you.