Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Published 2022-04-10
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All Comments (21)
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If Congress passes laws that John Oliver's demanding to get passed here, then this will be hands-down the best use of HBO's money he's made so far.
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I've been one of the people that say "I really don't care, let them go at it" but the argument "domestic abuse victim being findable on a website by her abuser" did me good. Great job exposing, arguing and even finding a solution.
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"Anyway... sleep well!" Never thought I'd see anyone so nonchalantly blackmail the US government, but John Oliver and LWT have pulled it off 😂
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i'm forever greatful that HBO's business model is forgiving enough to allow john oliver to do whatever without fear.
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Let's give a round of applause to the HBO lawyers who help LWT keep these shenanigans going.
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John Oliver using HBO's money to make powerful people sweat is hands down my favorite late night talk show trope. John out here doing the lord's work.
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I'm not gonna lie; shower head settings that just fuckin' beat the shit out of you with solid bullets of water is actually quite relaxing, so he's got a point there.
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"John, darling, it's 2 am, what the hell are you still doing on that computer?? And don't you lie to me!" "I'll be with you in a minute, love, I'm nearly done setting up these cookies that'll help me blackmail the US Congress into doing the right thing." "... Alright, I thought you were researching pulp shower heads again."
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If congress passes a law from this, they should call it "The John Oliver Privacy Protection Act" or "JOPPA" for short.
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I love how John goes straight for the Nuclear option. Doesn't stage a protest, doesn't try to go before congress, doesn't start a petition...nope, he basically goes straight to elaborate attempts to legally blackmail Congress into action.
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The amount of times I find myself clicking 'accept' buttons just to do basic things on any website due to it seeming like the choice being 'accept our spies, or no websites at all for you'. The classic illusion of choice.
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21:50 I love just how quickly the audience worked out where John was going with this.
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Who thought that In their lifetime they'd see a TV show tastefully blackmail congress members to enact change to protect the average person. What a time to be alive.
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John just legally blackmailed the US government. The chad energy is off the charts!!!
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This episode aired quite awhile ago, and I haven't seen anything happen with this information, nor have the privacy laws concerning our dated really changed. Are we ever going to get a follow up episode with whatever happened with this data he collected? It would be a smash hit.
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This is an absolute gem of an episode. Well done John.
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John Oliver has reached the level of threatening the US government. And it only took nine seasons and seven episodes to achieve that
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Everything John Oliver does is a beautiful power move, but this takes the cake
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We DESPERATELY need a part 2 with them now officially passing the tiktok ban❤
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So sickening that nothing ever came out of this. Our attention span as a collective whole is always so easily exploited.
