Google secretly mobilized small businesses to oppose California privacy legislation, investigation finds
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By Khari Johnson and Yue Stella Yu
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An investigative report revealing how Google secretly organized small business owners to oppose California legislation (the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act) that would have forced Chrome to safeguard personal data. The article details Google's behind-the-scenes lobbying efforts, including using email lists to rally business owners against the bill, and examines the broader implications for privacy regulation and corporate influence.
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· 3 pulledIn April, Rhode Island resident Navah Hopkins received a plea for her help to defeat legislation thousands of miles away in California.
The ask came from Google, maker of the world's most used web browser, Chrome.
The tech giant sent a message to an email list that Hopkins and other small business owners were subscribed to.
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