Google Begins Blocking News From California Outlets Over State Bill Google has temporarily blocked access to California-based news outlets for some state residents, as the search giant escalates its battle with the state over a landmark bill which would force tech giants to pay online publishers for their content. In doing so, the company has revived a political tactic used repeatedly by the tech industry to try and derail similar legislation in places like Canada and Australia...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two influential lawmakers from opposing parties have crafted a deal on legislation designed to strengthen privacy protections for Americans' personal data. The sweeping proposal announced Sunday evening would define privacy as a consumer right and create new rules for companies that collect and use personal information. It comes from the offices of []
Two lawmakers from opposing parties are floating a new plan to protect the privacy of Americans' personal data
Key lawmakers float new rules for personal data protection; bill would make privacy a consumer right
Two lawmakers from opposing parties are floating a new plan to protect the privacy of Americans' personal data
Two key lawmakers — a Democrat and a Republican — are floating a new plan to protect the privacy of Americans' personal data.
Two key lawmakers — a Democrat and a Republican — are floating a new plan to protect the privacy of Americans' personal data.
José Vadi’s “Chipped: Writing From a Skateboarder’s Lens” is, literally, a collection of essays. But it’s also a map of Vadi’s personal California. From Pomona, where he was raised, to the Bay Area, where he lived until recently, “Chipped” charts the state’s urban spaces as seen from the back of a board, a network of routes traced block by block by block. Vadi’s vision of the neighborhoods is granular. “Off I went down Broadway and towards the bike lanes connecting Rockridge with neighboring...
(The Center Square) - Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday revealed details of a bill that would make illegal immigration a state crime. The bill creates the crime of impermissible occupation if a "person willfully and without permission enters and remains in the State of Oklahoma without having first obtained legal authorization to enter the United States," according to House Speaker Charles McCall and Senate Speaker Pro Tem Greg Treat. Anyone convicted of the crime...
TOPEKA (KSNT)- The Kansas Legislature has forwarded two election bills to Governor Laura Kelly, with both receiving backlash during floor debates in the House. One proposal, House Bill 2618, includes several changes. They include a provision to clarify a state law passed in 2021, which made it a crime to impersonate an election official. The []
SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> A California lawmaker wants to require business owners and landlords to disclose their identities under legislation aimed at cracking down on opaque ownership structures that have enabled some companies to skirt state laws without facing consequences.
Who owns businesses in California? A lawmaker wants the public to know