The fact that the regulators probably run a bigger surveillance operation than Facebook probably means that any regulation they propose does much harm with any good.

The nature of any regulation is critical. I suggest:
1. We need disclosure of the whole data-broking-network. Who feeds who? How much money they get (internally and all)? Their contracts.
2. We need an enshrined right to privacy, recognised by law.
3. We need a mandated, no surveillance option, at least on the mass “free” services that may be destroying western civilisation.