{"id":1565037,"date":"2022-07-21T16:34:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T20:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1565037"},"modified":"2022-07-21T16:34:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T20:34:59","slug":"rep-gaetz-grills-former-gop-lawmaker-over-disney-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gaetz-grills-former-gop-lawmaker-over-disney-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Gaetz grills former GOP lawmaker over Disney data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-gaetz-grills-former-gop-lawmaker-over-disney-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1565037&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2393437\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2393437\" class=\"wp-image-2393437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1230035169.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 09: Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) arrives for a House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing with members of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee on Capitol Hill on December 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Army has fired or suspended 14 leaders at Fort Hood following an investigation into the death of Specialist Vanessa Guill\u00e9n and numerous other deaths and reports of sexual abuse on the military base. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1230035169.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1230035169-315x210-1.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-418.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1230035169-768x512-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 DECEMBER 09: Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) arrives for a House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing with members of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee on Capitol Hill on December 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 12:30 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, July 21, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>A House committee discussed the ethics of user data in the hands of government and big business. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) took his former colleague to task on Tuesday, when he asked Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) about his current work as a lobbyist for Disney. The hearing focused on the consequences of corporations tracking and selling user data to governments or law enforcement. Gaetz said he was worried about private entities trying to \u201cprogram\u201d people and \u201cmake them think a certain way\u201d by harmfully utilizing people\u2019s data.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cLike particularly with the Walt Disney corporation that it is in business with the Chinese Communist Party,\u201d Gaetz said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Goodlatte said he did not know about the accusations Gaetz leveled and that he couldn\u2019t comment on them. Gaetz went on to bring up a conversation that the pair had as members in the Capitol Hill Club, D.C.\u2019s prime private hang-out spot for Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cChairman Goodlatte, do you remember a conversation you and I had?\u201d Gaetz questioned. \u201cWhen you led this committee at the Capitol Hill Club where you said, \u2018The best way to be successful in the Judiciary Committee is to find interest groups that are opposed to one another and to tell both of them that you\u2019ll support their positions, so they\u2019ll both make donations?\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A man once said, \u201cThe best way to be successful in the Judiciary Committee is to find interest groups opposed to one another and tell them both you&#8217;ll support their position so they&#8217;ll both make donations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That man was former GOP Chairman turned Disney lobbyist Bob Goodlatte \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nyldqtgHhH\">pic.twitter.com\/nyldqtgHhH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1549775963046690818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A class-action lawsuit was filed against The Walt Disney Company on Thursday, April 3 in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit alleges that the embedded technology, known as \u201csoftware development kits\u201d were collecting data on children in secret to facilitate behavioral advertising or marketing analysis.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs a company long-engaged in the practice of engaging and profiting from children, Disney needs to make sure its games and apps comply with the law,\u201d voiced Michael Sobol, an attorney filing on behalf of the plaintiffs. \u201cThey and the companies they work with always have to obtain verifiable parental consent before extracting kids data from their mobile devices when kids play Disney\u2019s mobile apps.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Disney came under fire for violating the privacy of children and tracking their activities on Disney apps with the intent to sell the information. They are on a mission to use big data and machine learning to optimize their guests experience. The data industry that tracks and sells information on online activities will be worth $270 billion dollars by 2026.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gop-lawmakers-show-support-for-bar-opposing-d-c-covid-vaccine-mandates\/\">GOP Lawmakers Show Support For Bar Opposing D.C. COVID Vaccine Mandates<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 DECEMBER 09: Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) arrives for a House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing with members of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee on Capitol Hill on December 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. 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