Editorial: Google must make good on abortion privacy pledge to women

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Editorial: Google must make good on abortion privacy pledge to women
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Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade creates urgent need for federal protections.

A senior Google executive, Jen Fitzpatrick, said in aJuly 1 that Google would delete its users’ location history whenever they visit an abortion clinic, domestic violence shelter, fertility center and other medical facilities.

What will Google do when law enforcement officers come calling? Bloomberg columnist Parmy Olson reports that the company received nearly 150,000 requests for user data from U.S. law enforcement in the first half of 2021, and it handed over information on users in 78% of those cases.Americans’ confidence in the tech industry has been plummeting for years, with good reason. Ain November 2021 said that 79% of internet users don’t trust Big Tech.

All of this concern wouldn’t be necessary if the tech industry had worked with Congress to push through an Internet Bill of Rights. Among the principles set forth by Khanna are essential privacy protections that could alleviate the concerns of women confronted by unwanted or potentially dangerous pregnancies.

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