privacy
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2022
Our View: Maine’s landmark internet privacy law should set pace for other states
Maine took on powerful telecom companies and won, paving the way for privacy rights to spread across the country.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Data privacy and abortion limits set to collide post-Roe
Privacy advocates sounded alarms that women should be vigilant in the types of data and content they share with fertility and health apps and through social media.
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PublishedJune 24, 2022
After Roe ruling, Democrats seek probe of tech companies’ use of personal data
Privacy experts say the ruling could make women vulnerable because their personal data could be used to surveil pregnancies and be shared with police or sold to vigilantes.
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PublishedApril 7, 2022
Maine Voices: Stop saying small-business owners oppose Maine biometric privacy bill
It’s in the interest of Big Tech to defeat L.D. 1945, which would create guardrails on how companies can use our personal identifiers – our fingerprints, faces and voices.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2022
Another View: Google shouldn’t know where you are if you don’t want it to
A lawsuit alleges the tech giant made it ’nearly impossible’ for users to avoid sharing their location data.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2020
The Maine Millennial: America’s moral values out of whack
Puritanical sexual attitudes should not outweigh a commitment to economic justice.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2020
Another View: Facebook might pose dangers, but it isn’t a monopoly
Reining in the social media behemoth is a matter for Congress, not antitrust enforcers.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2020
Our View: Facebook’s free service comes at a high cost
Antitrust lawsuits filed last week detail how the platform’s monopolistic power harms its users.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
Insight: Antitrust laws are no match for Big Tech
Century-old statutes can't cope with companies that maintain market dominance through harvesting data for free.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
Enforcement of Maine’s strict online privacy law begins without clear strategy
The state's attorney general said most internet service providers affirm they are complying, but a group of large providers is fighting the law in court.
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