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Despite big tech lobbying, Maryland passes two internet privacy bills
Legislators are expecting a legal challenge over the bills
Together, the bills would significantly limit social media and other platforms’ ability to track their users — but tech companies, including Amazon, Google, and Meta, have opposed similar legislation. “It’s meant to rein in some of the worst practices with sensible regulation that allows companies to do what’s right and what is wonderful about the internet and tech innovation, while at the same time saying, ‘You can’t take advantage of our kids,’” Maryland state delegate Jared Solomon, one of the bill’s sponsors, said in a press conference Wednesday. Szabo’s testimony noted that NetChoice has an active lawsuit against California for its “nearly-identical” Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed last year.
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