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AG Mark Brnovich says Google is ‘very Orwellian’ about its data collection

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By Jenny Goldsberry

Just days after the House Judiciary Committee started debating key big tech bills, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich came on the Sara Carter Show to talk about what he’s doing to fight big tech. Brnovich is in the midst of building a lawsuit against Google.

Meanwhile, SaraACarter.com was also targeted by Google at one point for reporting on topics like hydroxychloroquine, and other topics like antisemitism. “Google pinged us that if we didn’t remove the stories, that we would lose our advertising,” Carter told Brnovich.

Brnovich is concerned with how much data Google is collecting from everyday Americans without their knowledge.

“We’ve read information that for the average person to try to opt out to not have all them tracking old stuff, it would require the equivalent like a college degree and about 75 minutes of time to do all that,” he said. “So they have made it virtually impossible for them not to collect as much information about you.” Google doesn’t just know where you like to shop, either. Because of all their apps and partnerships, they even know your temperature.

As a result, Brnovich claims that he’s already found internal communication at Google, thanks to his upcoming law suit, that proves that even Google employees are concerned.

“It’s very Orwellian,” he said of the discovery.

On the other hand, the search engine giant is constantly trying to cover up their misdeeds. When Brnovich first announced the lawsuit against Google, he said the company began running opinion editorials condemning his push to expose what he says is expansive invasion of privacy by the global tech giants.

Instead, he said, the columnists targeted him and pointed to all the good Google is doing.

“They’re very, very good at PR, manipulation and lobbying,” Brnovich said.

You can follow Jenny Goldsberry on Twitter @jennyjournalism.

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BREAKING: Disney drops suit challenging special district status in settlement with Florida, DeSantis

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A settlement was reached Wednesday in the two-year lawsuit over who controls the special governing district that encompasses the Walt Disney World Resort, which includes Disney dropping its lawsuitsagainst a newly created tourism board.

“We are glad that Disney has dropped its lawsuits against the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and conceded that their last-minute development agreements are null, void, and unenforceable,” Bryan Griffin, DeSantis’ communications director, said in a statement. “No corporation should be its own government. Moving forward, we stand ready to work with Disney and the District to help promote economic growth, family-friendly tourism, and accountable government in Central Florida.”

Fox News explains the dispute began “after Disney’s criticism of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act – derided by critics as the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill – prompted the DeSantis administration to revoke the special Disney-controlled tax district that gave the entertainment autonomy over its theme parks in the region.”

“No corporation should be its own government,” Bryan Griffin, a spokesman for the governor, said in an emailed statement. “Moving forward, we stand ready to work with Disney and the District to help promote economic growth, family-friendly tourism, and accountable government in Central Florida.”

Misleadingly deemed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, prohibited the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity to young students in the state. National Review reports:

After receiving pressure from employees, Disney’s then-CEO, Bob Chapek, said that the company’s leaders had been opposed to the bill “from the outset,” and Disney declared that the legislation “should never have passed and should never have been signed into law.”

In February 2023, DeSantis signed House Bill 9B, which established the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District to replace Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. Reedy Creek was a 56-year-old special taxing district that allowed Disney control its own development, regulations, building codes, and other municipal services.

Lawmakers voted to give the governor the power to appoint the district’s board members.

However, before a DeSantis-appointed board took over last March, the Disney-controlled board handed control of the district’s development over to Disney…

As part of the settlement, Disney acknowledges that the development agreement approved by the outgoing Reedy Creek board has “no legal effect or enforceability.”

As for the media reports that DeSantis had been humiliated and out-maneuvered by Disney, Griffin said that “as usual, the media were wrong.”

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