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Comment: WeChat allegations in new California suit aim to re-purpose privacy laws to fight government abuses

By Mike Swift
  • 22 Jan 2021 16:39
  • 22 Jan 2021 16:39
US privacy laws have typically been enforced against private companies collecting personal data for commercial use. But a human-rights group focused on China is trying to flip California’s privacy laws to a different purpose — to blunt government surveillance and censorship from outside the US.
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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.

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