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Maggie Hassan: “When your companies' business models rely on maximizing the amount of time people spend on your products and monetizing…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
When your companies' business models rely on maximizing the amount of time people spend on your products and monetizing people's data, it's simply not possible for us to trust that your companies will make the changes needed to protect America's well-being and privacy.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Senator Hassan expresses distrust in companies prioritizing profit over privacy.

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