How do federal laws regarding the internet related to complex concepts like cybersecurity get passed? How do lawmakers with little working knowledge of the web get the time to discern all the details in all the bills for those laws?
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TLDR: They often don’t
Most law makers barely understand how a computer works, let alone the nuances of cyber security and the realities of piracy and copyright law on the web. Many are hopelessly clueless about the laws they are passing and the consequences they will have.
There’s a famous video of Mark Zuckerberg being asked inane questions from law makers that clearly didn’t understand the basic concepts of internet advertising revenue, data retention, social media manipulation, or even the difference between cellphone brands and couldn’t distinguish the difference between the Internet and ‘The Google’.
Law makers rely on experts and committees to steer direction in terms of laws and regulations. But these committees are also often stacked with lobbyists with corporate interests that steer laws in their own favor.
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