READ: Congress should prioritize data privacy protections
The Hill (Opinion) - As America’s best athletes convened in the capital of our greatest economic and technological rival, the FBI issued a stark warning that lawmakers would be wise to consider. In their message to our Olympians, the FBI urged them to leave their cell phones at home, lest their data security be compromised, their privacy violated, and their communications monitored by Chinese government officials.
This portrait of a society where the personal data of each and every one of us is compromised should be a warning to Congress as they barrel toward passing legislation that would cede America’s technological edge to Beijing. That’s because, in a fervor to break up America’s technological innovation leaders, Congress’s antitrust agenda would help put China in the driver’s seat to build the internet of the future as it desires.