Internal emails highlight how an advertising company can use its in-house resources to oppose public policy proposals.

One of the world’s largest advertising firms is crafting a campaign to thwart a California bill intended to enhance people’s control over the data that companies collect on them.

According to emails obtained by POLITICO, the Interpublic Group is coordinating an effort against a bill that would make it easier for people to request that data brokers — firms that collect and sell personal information — delete their dossiers.

  • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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    How do we know that people with those genes who behave in a less/not-sociopathic way are not masking their intentions? Just because they don’t behave in a sociopathic way doesn’t mean they don’t potentially want to.

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      Here’s one study if you want to take a look at it.

      https://sci-hub.st/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00279.x

      Bruno Verschuere is the researcher who did the comparison between U.S. and Netherlands prisoners. I can only find a reference to that study in an article though, and haven’t been able to find it published online. He seems to do a lot of research in this area (he’s one of the researchers in the linked article).

      Anyway the link should give you an idea on controls they’re using. The linked study is actually about lie detector tests and if they’re less accurate on antisocial people as they have less autonomic reaponse when lieing.

      They are hard to spot though. I did some time in prison for growing psilocybin. I wanted to believe my celley was a good person because he was easy to get along with and seemed kind. Looked him up when I got out, fucker had a taste for little girls and I had pictures of my young son up in our cell the whole time…

      But you can sorta learn to spot it. If you watch the documentary on the Nexium cult or other cult leaders you might see what I mean. They don’t seem to have the same fear response about hurting others and it’s visible in the eye movements.

      That’s my hot take at least. And I’ve been enjoying this conversation btw.