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Mike Swift
Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent
Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.
Selected Insights by Mike
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International data flows could be shaped by a new declaration of “common principles” on governments’ access. -
The regulators hoped to sell a settlement that would give Facebook users more control and transparency over the personal data they shared with apps -
FTC needs to hire a new type of expert to study online harm: psychologists. -
Google employees and executives believe the company is failing its users on privacy as it persists with practices that are opaque -
Meta may not escape sanctions over alleged discovery misconduct in the case