[liberationtech] Strength of Political Action, In The Era of COVID-19... More Theatrics & Side-Shows.

[Robert Mathews (OSIA)]

Yesterday, I wrote of *"presumably conscious"* lawmakers, in the UK. 
Today, we take notice of at least one of their U.S. counterparts, in a
similar vein.  United States Senator Josh Hawley has sent a letter to
Sundar Pichai (CEO, Google), and Tim Cook (CEO, Apple) noting "his fear"
that, their COVID-19 related contact tracing company "project could pave
the way for something much more dire."

In his letter, Hawley asks EACH CEO and other company executives to
*"[m]ake a commitment" to being "**/personally/**liable if [they] stop
protecting privacy....."     *
https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/Hawley-Google-Apple-Letter-COVID19-Tracing.pdf

-- 
/Dr. Robert Mathews, D.Phil.
Principal Technologist &
//Distinguished Senior Research Scholar//
//Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications (OSIA)//
//University of Hawai'i/
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