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  1. CW: NZPol IT Procurement BuyLocal

    @kaffiene of course the #ISDS terms in the #CPTPPA are only part of it - as you point out gov't procurement was horribly biased in favour of #BitTech prior to that, too. That's because bureaucrats want to be seen to be in charge of the biggest budgets/procurements ($ amount) possible as it sets them up for advancement. I've no doubt people create RFPs with conditions effectively ruling out viable local options, because the 'big name' & big $ looks better on their CV.

  2. CW: NZPol IT Procurement BuyLocal

    @kaffiene of course the #ISDS terms in the #CPTPPA are only part of it - as you point out gov't procurement was horribly biased in favour of #BitTech prior to that, too. That's because bureaucrats want to be seen to be in charge of the biggest budgets/procurements ($ amount) possible as it sets them up for advancement. I've no doubt people create RFPs with conditions effectively ruling out viable local options, because the 'big name' & big $ looks better on their CV.

  3. CW: NZPol IT Procurement BuyLocal

    @kaffiene of course the #ISDS terms in the #CPTPPA are only part of it - as you point out gov't procurement was horribly biased in favour of #BitTech prior to that, too. That's because bureaucrats want to be seen to be in charge of the biggest budgets/procurements ($ amount) possible as it sets them up for advancement. I've no doubt people create RFPs with conditions effectively ruling out viable local options, because the 'big name' & big $ looks better on their CV.

  4. CW: NZPol IT Procurement BuyLocal

    @kaffiene of course the #ISDS terms in the #CPTPPA are only part of it - as you point out gov't procurement was horribly biased in favour of #BitTech prior to that, too. That's because bureaucrats want to be seen to be in charge of the biggest budgets/procurements ($ amount) possible as it sets them up for advancement. I've no doubt people create RFPs with conditions effectively ruling out viable local options, because the 'big name' & big $ looks better on their CV.

  5. CW: NZPol IT Procurement BuyLocal

    @kaffiene of course the #ISDS terms in the #CPTPPA are only part of it - as you point out gov't procurement was horribly biased in favour of #BitTech prior to that, too. That's because bureaucrats want to be seen to be in charge of the biggest budgets/procurements ($ amount) possible as it sets them up for advancement. I've no doubt people create RFPs with conditions effectively ruling out viable local options, because the 'big name' & big $ looks better on their CV.

  6. If you value #privacy and are worried about #BitTech vacuuming up all the facial #biometrics they can find on the #internet, then never use a photo of your real face in your "account profile." Especially on garbage websites like #Zillow, or forums, or even #Mastodon.

    Just go jack a unique AI generated face for every account:

    generated.photos/faces

  7. If you value #privacy and are worried about #BitTech vacuuming up all the facial #biometrics they can find on the #internet, then never use a photo of your real face in your "account profile." Especially on garbage websites like #Zillow, or forums, or even #Mastodon.

    Just go jack a unique AI generated face for every account:

    generated.photos/faces