> Just weeks later, the original sponsor of the Illinois privacy act, a genial Chicago-area lawmaker named Terry Link, abruptly proposed an amendment to his own

> Just weeks later, the original sponsor of the Illinois privacy act, a genial Chicago-area lawmaker named Terry Link, abruptly proposed an amendment to his own law. The amendment clarified that digital photographs did not count as a source of biometric information and that the law only protected facial scans conducted “in person.” A Facebook official told me that the company had provided Link with suggestions for clarifying the law, not the language itself. But in a recent interview, Link recalled that the amendment language was given to him directly by a lawyer for Facebook. (Link did not specify who, and would not comment on why he had pursued the amendment in the first place.) Indeed, the amendment, introduced with only a few days left in the year’s legislative session, seemed tailored to buttress Facebook’s arguments in the California lawsuit, leaving Facebook and other companies free to create face scans from digital pictures without consent. Wow. Facebook get sued, so their lawyer simply emails the changes to law they need in order to get off. And it’s done. That seems incredibly corrupt. I can’t find a campaign funding details regarding Facebook contributes (I assume they’re through intermediaries of some kind) I wouldn’t be surprised if Facebook contributed tho, is anyone more skilled in this area? https://votesmart.org/candidate/campaign-finance/9519/terry-link https://votesmart.org/candidate/campaign-finance/9519/terry-...