Facebook, Google Fund Nonprofits Shaping Privacy Debate
This quote from the article highlights the problem at hand:<p>&gt; Organizations like the Center for Democracy and Technology, which received at least $960,000 from [Google and Facebook] in 2018, are often quoted in the media as unbiased third parties and influence how policy is developed in Washington as such, despite receiving the tech company funding.<p>&gt; The group supports allowing tech giants to sell user data to third parties with limited restrictions, a position that is in line with technology companies that profit handsomely from such sales, but not so popular with consumers.<p>I guess &quot;Privacy Advocacy Groups&quot; does not equal &quot;Pro-Privacy Advocacy Groups&quot;.