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Tech enjoyed a long period of minimal regulation as it was changing/moving fast and government didn't understand it. No longer. Just like auto, finance and other big industries tech will be heavily regulated. These regulations will be used to ensure those with money and power are able to keep it. Like it or not that's how our country works.

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You don't have to bring in a nefarious motive for SV starting to lobby harder to make sense. When they weren't being heavily regulated congressional ignorance about tech didn't really matter. Then Washington starts coming out with some really misguided information and privacy laws like sopa so the big tech companies had to get involved or wind up dealing with bad regulations.

If you believe that Google and Facebook are lobbying to protect your privacy rights, I'd encourage you to check-out their records in Europe, where their interests tend to get tested a little more[0][1].

If you do care about your privacy, data regulation, and abusive copyright legislation, I'd urge you check out the EFF[2], and consider becoming a member.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_concerns_regarding_Goo...

[2]: https://www.eff.org/

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