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		owlbite on Jan 17, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might ... That's not forgetting the ability for them to just straight up 100% legally purchase a lot of this information from data brokers.

mplanchard on Jan 17, 2025 [–]

This was made illegal in April, 2024: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7520

monocasa on Jan 17, 2025 | [–]

Not all data brokers are US based; they can still buy all of this information practically.

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