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California is rethinking its wiretapping law, but will it let Big Tech off the hook?

By Maria Dinzeo ( May 21, 2025, 00:21 GMT | Comment) -- A bill quickly moving through the California Senate promises to protect small businesses from a wave of privacy lawsuits being brought under a decades-old anti-wiretapping law. But is it giving a free pass to Big Tech?A fast-moving bill in the California Senate aims to shield small businesses from privacy “shakedowns” tied to a decades-old wiretapping law. But critics warn the measure would broadly exempt large corporations from commercial surveillance practices....

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