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Here's something that really caught my eye: When Apple didn’t participate in an April hearing on children’s online privacy, the West Virginia Democrat
by jamesbritt 16y ago
Here's something that really caught my eye:
When Apple didn’t participate in an April hearing on children’s online privacy,
the West Virginia Democrat who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and
Transportation Committee, gave voice to his suspicions.
"When people don’t show up when we ask them to ... all it does is increases
our interest in what they’re doing and why they didn’t show up," Rockefeller
said of Apple and Google, which both declined to testify. "It was a stupid
mistake for them not to show up, and I say shame on them."
Wow. So, when you're, you know, "asked" to appear, you better damn well appear, or become a target.
- JoelPM 16y agoNo kidding. When I read Rockefeller's comment I couldn't help but think of a spoiled child who didn't get his way. I don't think it's hard to figure out why they didn't show up: they didn't see any value in what was happening.
- barrkel 16y agoThat's how democracy works, alas.
- CapitalistCartr 16y agoExtortion, If you play the game of the American country, doing your job and are successful, but you ignore Inside the Beltway, they come looking for you. They are predators, who seek power as their feast.