Google’s $1.375B Slap: Why Conservatives
Must Continue the Fight Against Big Tech’s Surveillance
Posted By: Mercedes44, 8/31/2025 8:06:45 AM
Americans rightfully have significant expectations when it comes to privacy. We have constitutional protections against government overreach but we're more exposed to Big Tech companies like Google. Texas’ $1.375 billion settlement against Google for harvesting location, biometric, and search data without consent has achieved a victory for Texans and further exposed Google’s surveillance empire, but Americans at large are still at risk. Conservatives must demand better data privacy reforms from state and federal governments to stop Google as it continues to undermine data privacy through ad tech tracking, AI data grabs, and lobbying efforts against privacy laws.
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Google’s $1.375B Slap: Why Conservatives
Must Continue the Fight Against Big Tech’s Surveillance 9 replies
Must Continue the Fight Against Big Tech’s Surveillance 9 replies
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