According to Stiglitz https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/18/joe-biden-has-just-dealt-a-big-defeat-to-big-tech we're supposed to believe that the recent anti-TikTok executive order https://web.archive.org/web/20240229004042/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/02/28/executive-order-on-preventing-access-to-americans-bulk-sensitive-personal-data-and-united-states-government-related-data-by-countries-of-concern/ is actually the first step towards real federal #privacy protections. Presumably because of this one section instructing the CFPB (!!) to make rules against data brokers: «encouraged to consider taking steps, consistent with CFPB’s existing legal authorities, to address this aspect of the threat and to enhance compliance with Federal consumer protection law»